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ETHICS COMPLAINT

LDAD and Coalition Partners File an Ethics Complaint Against Attorney General Pamela Bondi

June 28, 2021

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Lawyers Defending American Democracy and a broad coalition including Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers for the Rule of Law, distinguished former judges, and prominent ethics professors and lawyers have filed a detailed Ethics Complaint against Attorney General Pamela Bondi in Florida, where she is admitted to practice.

The 23-page complaint seeks an investigation by The Florida Bar and sanctions for unethical conduct. As the complaint alleges, on Ms. Bondi’s first day in office, she sent a memorandum to all Department of Justice employees that placed lawyers who work for the DOJ in an untenable position – possibly violate their own ethical obligations or comply with her directive.

The complaint focuses on three recent cases in which lawyers were terminated or forced to resign as a result of demands made either by Ms. Bondi or a member of her senior management team. These demands would have required these lawyers to take actions that violate their own obligations to the rules of professional responsibility. The complaint identifies and explains in detail the ethical rules that were violated in each instance.

LDAD is inviting other lawyers to read the complaint and to join the list of signers by entering an online signature here.