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Assistant public defender suspended for ignoring clients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. --The West Virginia Supreme Court has suspended a longtime Kanawha County assistant public defender after he admitted to ignoring an error that left one of his clients in jail for six months longer than he was supposed to be there.
The court issued an order Wednesday suspending John P. Sullivan's law license for 30 days and placing him on probation for two years, during which he will have to work under a supervising attorney.
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Assistant public defender suspended for ignoring clients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. --The West Virginia Supreme Court has suspended a longtime Kanawha County assistant public defender after he admitted to ignoring an error that left one of his clients in jail for six months longer than he was supposed to be there.
The court issued an order Wednesday suspending John P. Sullivan's law license for 30 days and placing him on probation for two years, during which he will have to work under a supervising attorney.
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