Dean
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – A Texas asbestos lawyer who was trying to explain why she failed to alert judges in other states about past disciplinary actions has instead chosen to withdraw from some of her South Carolina cases.
As a judge decided whether Jessica Dean, of Dean Omar Branham Shirley in Dallas, would be permitted to practice in a Charleston state court, Dean instead recently withdrew her motion seeking that approval.
The withdrawal followed a dustup in Iowa, where defendants pointed out Dean’s pro hac vice motion – a usually routine step that allows lawyers to practice in states where they are not members of the bar – omitted sanctions in Minnesota and a pro hac vice refusal in Connecticut.