Zach Scruggs, serving a prison term for his part in the judicial bribery scandal that brought down his famed lawyer father, Dickie Scruggs, is asking the U.S. District Court to tell the Mississippi Bar Association it can’t “permanently” prevent him from practicing law again.
The Mississippi Supreme Court approved the Bar’s motion July 31 to “permanently” disbar the younger Scruggs, who pleaded guilty to knowing about but not reporting a scheme to bribe a circuit judge.
Zach Scruggs’ motion to the federal court insists the disbarment rules cited by the Bar do not contain any references to doing so permanently.
He’s also asking the federal court to hold up on his disbarment until the state Supreme Court rules on his request about the permanency issue.
NE MS Daily Journal
9/17/8
Magnolia Tribune
