A South Carolina lawyer found to have provided numerous false statements and incomplete answers on her application for admission to practice law in the state was disbarred by the state high court.
Margaret Lanier Brooks admitted to violating ethics rules prohibiting lying on a bar application and not responding to information requests from a disciplinary authority or bar admissions committee, which warrants the sanction, the South Carolina Supreme Court said June 24.
It noted that she consented to any sanction, including disbarment.
The day after Brooks was sworn into the state bar in February 2019, the office of bar admissions ...
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