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March 30, 2008
Watching the Watchers

Bob Tufts donated $50 or more to the Baseball Musings Pledge Drive and dedicates this post to the late Doug Pappas and all the excellent work he did with the business of baseball through SABR.

Bob also sends this story, about how the Albany steroid investigation may be in jeopardy because the district attorney was not registered to practice law!

But according to the records of the state's Unified Court System, Soares had no legal authority to act as a district attorney as he is not currently registered to practice law in New York State.

Or Florida either, for that matter.

All of the arrests and charges in the steroid scandal may be in jeopardy and may have to be dismissed because in New York State, persons who are not licensed members of the Bar of the State are prohibited from engaging in the practice of law.

That includes P. David Soares, Albany County district attorney.

This certainly hasn't been a good month for New York Democrats.

Update: Here's an update on the matter.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:50 PM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
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It appears that lawyers get a free pass...

www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/2007/032307LawLicense.html - 14k -

OCA Confirms Albany DA's Law License Expired

ALBANY---If you forget to renew your driver's license and get stopped by a police officer, you'd get ticketed for unlicensed operation.

You wouldn't get any reminder notice or grace period and would likely be fined. But if you're an attorney and fail to renew your attorney registration, you get several chances until you're designated delinquent. If that delinquent attorney is a prosecutor, he might even be prosecuting you for failing to renew your drivers license.

Just another case of double standards in New York State and in particular, the Albany County District Attorney's office.

A spokesman for OCA confirmed that Soares' registration expired in October 2006 but said Soares would have until August to pay the $350 re-registration fee. It could not be determined if Soares has complied with the requirements for Continuing Legal Education.

A Soares spokesman claims that no cases have been affected by the lapse in Soares attorney registration and says that he has now taken steps to re-register. However, it's likely the issue may be raised in some matters prosecuted by the DA's office since October

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Matters like the Signature Pharmacy investigation and the players named in the case?

Posted by: rmt at March 30, 2008 04:15 PM
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