Helms' protege has license suspended

Claude Allen will have his law license suspended for 90 days.

The former White House adviser and Sen. Jesse Helms protege will have his license suspended over a series of thefts from Target stores, the Legal Times reports.

Allen pleaded guilty in 2006 to stealing from a Target store in Montgomery County, Md. Store video showed that Allen would buy items from Target or Hecht's, take the purchases to his car, then use the receipt to return a similar item off the store shelf.

A committee of the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility said that Allen should receive a "modest sanction" because he internalized suffering of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Allen has been a member of the D.C. bar since 1992. He has already had his license suspended for similar amounts of time in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Hat Tip: David Ingram

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Re: Helms' protege has license suspended

Submitted by domewatcher on November 26, 2008 - 1:16pm.

This sad story just goes to point out how bad our economy really is…..I mean, when our lawyers are reduced to running scams at Target….. it‘s getting pretty bad. Doesn’t this guy have a car or motorcycle so he can chase ambulances? Can’t he hang around the emergency room like a reputable lawyer? Most of the local boys I know are more resourceful than running scams at Target……of course one reason being we ain‘t got no Target. You’d have to drive to one of the bigger cities and the high price of gas would eat into your margins. Our local lawyers know how to work most of the angles to keep overhead down!

But I just pray this incident will not reduce the high regard most of us have for our lawyers (LOL).

P.S. I can't wait for John Grisham to pick this idea up and write a new novel about lawyers scamming Target.

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Re: Helms' protege has license suspended

Submitted by scharrison on November 26, 2008 - 10:15am.

"Helms' protege!? Is Claude against social progression? anti-integration? anti-civil rights? anti-MLK day?"

Those aren't necessarily requirements to be a Helms man. You just need to demonstrate that you have the capacity to hate certain types of people:

"in remarks he made during the re-election campaign of then-Sen. Jesse Helms, (R.-N.C.). As Helms’ chief spokesman, Allen said Helms' opponent, then-North Carolina Gov. James Hunt, had links to "radical feminists" and "the queers."

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Re: Helms' protege has license suspended

Submitted by george32 on November 26, 2008 - 12:49am.

lawyers protecting each other. no surprise here. good work by the expert witness though, he internalized katrina suffering from thousands of miles away, but of course did not volunteer to help in the aftermath, contribute funds, etc.

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Re: Helms' protege has license suspended

Submitted by katysconservati... on November 26, 2008 - 12:35am.

The fact that he worked for Helms or is black, or is Republican is not important. He has issues with this and is dealing with it. We should pray for him and his family. Thankfully, he can still provide for them. I believe that he has made full restitution.

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