Jun 14, 2012 ¡ 1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a âlawyerâ. He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to âŚ
Jun 01, 2020 ¡ The âLawyer Searchâ portion of the ARDCâs website ( www.iardc.org ) correctly notes that the Obamas are not currently authorized to practice law in Illinois, but that is because Barack Obama...
Apr 08, 2010 ¡ President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a âlawyerâ. He surrendered his license back in 2008 possibly to escape charges that he âfibbedâ on his bar application....
Jun 25, 2018 ¡ President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a âlawyerâ. He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges that he lied on his bar application. A âvoluntary surrenderâ is not something where you decide âGee, a license is not really something I need anymore, is it?â and forget to renew your license.
Barack and Michelle Obama surrendered their law licenses to avoid pending disciplinary actions.
Several similar items have been circulated during or since the 2008 U.S.
He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges that he lied on his bar application.
Law School website, which nevertheless pointedly states that Barack Obama served as a professor there regardless of his official title.
Itâs true that, although both President Obama and the University of Chicago have stated at various times that he was a âprofessor of lawâ or âprofessor of constitutional lawâ at the U.C. Law School, he never officially held that title. He was first a Lecturer (1992-1996) and then a Senior Lecturer (1996-2004) until elected to the Senate in 2004.
Barack Obama was not a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago. 5. The University of Chicago released a statement in March 2008 saying that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) âserved as a professorâ in the law school but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part time, never held. 6.
Bill Clinton hung onto his law license until he was convicted of making a false statement in the Lewinsky case and had to â Voluntarily Surrenderâ his license too. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a âlawyerâ. He surrendered his license back in 2008 possibly to escape charges that he âfibbedâ on his bar ...
In early October 2018, many people in the United States and abroad were closely watching the twists and turns around a Supreme Court nomination as multiple women accused the nominee of committing or abetting sexual assault.
An image shared on Facebook more than 4,600 times claims former first lady Michelle Obama surrendered her license to practice law for committing insurance fraud.
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Sure smells like more Chicago land corruption. You just know the Democratic apologists will come running to defend her, after all she is supposed to be the smarter of the two, and certainly more intelligent than she is attractive. Neither of which is really saying much.
If you go to the website run by the Attorney Registration and Displinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois and search for the record belonging to Michelle Obama ( link, earlier screengrab here ), you'll find that her Illinois Registration Status is listed as "Voluntarily inactive and not authorized to practice law - Last Registered Year: 1993" and her Malpractice Insurance status is listed as "No malpractice report required as attorney is on court ordered inactive status" (bolding added)..