{"id":4451,"date":"2006-03-24T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/24\/sex-offender-michael-boxley-b"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:03","slug":"sex-offender-michael-boxley-back-at-the-bar-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/24\/sex-offender-michael-boxley-back-at-the-bar-already\/","title":{"rendered":"sex offender Michael Boxley back at the Bar (already)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The appellate court here in the NYS Capital Region reinstated Michael Boxley <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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to membership in the state bar yesterday. <\/FONT>Matter of Boxley<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>, App.Div. <\/FONT>3d Dept, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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D-80-06, <\/FONT>March 23, 2006.  Boxley had received a one-year suspension in June <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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2004.  The new Order does not mention any facts in the case, but merely recites <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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that <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Jones & Boxley  <\/FONT><\/EM>\"Jones&Boxley\" <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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              S. Dickstein\/<\/FONT><\/EM>Times Union<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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“We are … satisfied that respondent [Boxley] has complied with the <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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requirements of this court’s rules governing reinstatement and that he <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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possesses the character and general fitness to resume the practice of <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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law.” <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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The per curiam<\/EM> order also noted that the Committee on Professional Standards <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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was not opposed to his application to have the license reinstated.  So, is this <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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just a run-of-the-mill lawyer discipline story, of no interest to the public or the <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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profession?<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Not exactly.  See Boxley & Jones: Giving Lawyers a Bad Name, Bigtime<\/FONT><\/A>, our <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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post from Feb. 26, 2004, for a detailed look at the story.  Here’s a summary:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Boxley was the chief legislative assistant to the most powerful Democrat <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in the State, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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He was accused of raping a young legislative staffer (similar charges had <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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been made by another staffer in 2001).  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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He was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor sexual assult.  His lawyer, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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E Stewart Jones<\/FONT><\/A>, said a black man could not get a fair trial in Albany, so he <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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took the plea, to save Boxley’s law license.  Jones then slurred the young <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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woman.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Boxley tried but failed to get the Assembly to pay his legal fees.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Assembly paid $500,000 to Boxley’s victim, when the legislative assistant <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sued <\/FONT>for sexual harassment. <\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                                           \"complaint<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Boxley has been doing “consulting work” for <\/FONT>Powers & Co<\/FONT><\/A>., the lobbying firm <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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headed by former state Republican Chairman William Powers. (<\/FONT>Capital Connec<\/EM>–<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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tion<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> weblog, March 23, 2006; Democracy in Albany<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>, March 24, 2006).<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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[See “Speaker Silver’s former counsel has law license restored<\/FONT><\/A>,” The Business Review<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(Albany), March 23, 2006; “<\/FONT>Former aide to Assembly speaker readmitted to practice law<\/FONT><\/A>,”<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Newsday<\/EM>, March <\/FONT><\/FONT>23, 2006]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Sorry, Michael, we consider this disciplinary interruptus<\/EM> to be extremely premature. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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While the leaders of the NYS Bar fret over assaults on their dignity and image from <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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lawyer advertising<\/A>, we can’t help but wonder what the public thinks of sexual assaults <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by, and slaps on the wrists for, politically-connected lawyers with high-profile counsel, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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who assails the justice system and decries his client’s excessive punishment. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the first snowfall
doesn’t hide it…
dog poop<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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smelling like sake
smelling like piss
chrysanthemums<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the defeated wrestler, too
<\/FONT>joins the crowd…
bright moon<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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baby sparrow
move aside!
Mr. Horse passes<\/FONT><\/P>
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how annoying!<\/FONT>
among chrysanthemums too
the nobles win<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Kobayashi Issa<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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translated by <\/FONT>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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The appellate court here in the NYS Capital Region reinstated Michael Boxley to membership in the state bar yesterday. Matter of Boxley, App.Div. 3d Dept, D-80-06, March 23, 2006.  Boxley had received a one-year suspension in June 2004.  The new Order does not mention any facts in the case, but merely recites that Jones & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-19N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12720,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451\/revisions\/12720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}