Pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman should be disbarred and judged harshly for specific and general deterrence, state bar says

Source: Law & Crime

Sep 10th, 2025, 2:58 pm


The State Bar of California has asked the Golden State's highest court to affirm a disbarment recommendation for former law professor John Eastman over his role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Donald Trump.

On Monday, bar attorneys filed a 34-page petition with the California Supreme Court seeking a ruling on certain issues related to the standard of review. The petition also asks the justices to agree that Eastman should lose his law license over his pro-Trump lawyering.

"Eastman made myriad knowing misrepresentations—in written memoranda, in court filings, in media, and in person—falsely alleging that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen through election fraud and illegalities," the petition reads. "After losing arguments in the courts, with election officials, and with state legislatures, Eastman concocted the theory that the Vice President, as president of the Senate, could reject or delay the count of the legally valid, state certified electors from the seven swing states."

In June, a three-judge panel on the California State Bar Court's Review Department — effectively a court of appeal in California's exhaustive, multi-tiered system for disciplining lawyers — agreed with a March 2024 decision recommending Eastman be disbarred.

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