Judicial Watch Founder Larry Klayman Suspended for 90 Days (1)

Larry Klayman, founder of the right-wing watchdog group Judicial Watch and, later, Freedom Watch, was suspended from the practice of law for 90 days by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

The court said on Thursday that Klayman “flagrantly violated” an ethics rule forbidding changing sides in a matter, and that he acted “vindictively” toward his earlier organization.

The suspension takes effect 30 days from the court’s June 11 order, it said. The three-judge panel said it was accepting recommendations made by the district’s Board on Professional Responsibility.

Klayman has been involved in several lawsuits with Judicial Watch since ...