A Louisiana attorney, James Turnage, has been recommended to be disbarred permanently by the Louisiana Hearing Committee after he had been practicing law while disbarred.
Turnage started working as an attorney for WorldCom in 2001. In 2002, he was disbarred for unrelated misconduct. However, he failed to inform WorldCom about this and continued to practice as in-house counsel. In 2003, he was promoted to Associate Counsel when WorldCom was taken over by Verizon. IN February 2007, he was promoted to the in-house counsel position of Assistant General Counsel.
The Hearing Committee has charged Turnage with violating Louisiana Ethical Rule 1.4 (Lack of Communication), 4.1(b) (Lack of truthfulness/disclosure), 5.5(a) (engaging in the unauthorized practice of law), and 8.4(c) (engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation). It has recommended that Turnage be permanently disbarred. The recommendation can be found here.
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