SCOOP from me: the NRA's lawyer in its case against its insurance business partners failed to disclose a "serious" ethics violation thetrace.org/2018/08/nra-la…
William A. Brewer III is a successful corporate lawyer with practices in Dallas and New York. The @NRA hired him to take on New York regulators who cracked down on its Carry Guard self-defense insurance, and the insurance brokers who backed out of the program under pressure.
The case against the insurer, Lockton Affinity, has been filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where Brewer is not a member of a bar. So he had to submit a "pro hac vice" application to appear as the NRA's counsel.
On that signed filing, Brewer affirmed that he had never been reprimanded or disciplined for his conduct.
But in 2016, he was fined $177,000 and reprimanded by a judge for commissioning a "push poll" on behalf of a client in a wrongful death suit. dallasnews.com/business/busin…
But in 2016, he was fined $177,000 and reprimanded by a judge for commissioning a "push poll" on behalf of a client in a wrongful death suit. dallasnews.com/business/busin…
Three different experts on legal ethics told me this is a serious ethical violation. If Lockton's counsel objects in court, the judge in the case could remove Brewer and refer him for further investigation in New York and/or Texas.
This is all technical legal procedural stuff, but here's what it amounts to:
The hotshot lawyer the NRA was counting on to fight the loss of its lucrative insurance sideline may have lied in federal court, creating a big headache for the gun group right when it doesn't need it.
The hotshot lawyer the NRA was counting on to fight the loss of its lucrative insurance sideline may have lied in federal court, creating a big headache for the gun group right when it doesn't need it.
