In her three-page ruling, U.S. District Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer wrote that Lopez violated several rules governing lawyers, including the confidentiality of information and continuing duties to former clients.
The proceedings began after it was revealed in the sentencing of Lopez's former client, Rudy Acosta III, that prosecutors and Acosta's new attorney had withheld information about Acosta's cooperation from Lopez out of fear he'd leak it on the street and put Acosta and his family in danger.
In sentencing Acosta to a year in prison, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said he found Lopez's conduct 'totally reprehensible'.
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