Overview
- Judge Trial Referee Patrick L. Carroll III ordered the disbarment during a virtual Waterbury hearing where Hunter Biden appeared by video and did not speak.
- Hunter Biden consented to the sanction and admitted violating Connecticut’s attorney conduct rules while expressly declining to admit criminal wrongdoing.
- The court found misconduct including conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, and noted he admitted to some but not all allegations.
- The order referenced his May disbarment in Washington, D.C., which followed federal cases that were later covered by a presidential pardon.
- A complainant objected to the agreement for lacking criminal admissions, as disciplinary counsel pointed to the pardon in defending the resolution.