When we last checked in on suspended Pryor Cashman associate Colinford Mattis and housing attorney Urooj Rahman, both charged in May 2020 for their involvement with a Molotov cocktail attack on a police vehicle in Brooklyn, New York, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, they’d pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and possess an explosive device — charges which carried with them sentences of 18 to 24 months.
At that June hearing, both Mattis and Rahman acknowledged that their pleas would result in their disbarment. Now, that day has finally come. We turn to Reuters for all of the details:
New York’s Appellate Division, First Department said Mattis and Rahman qualified for automatic disbarment based on their guilty pleas in June.
Although the court’s order was released Tuesday, it retroactively dated the start of their disbarment to June 2, when Mattis and Rahman admitted in Brooklyn federal court to conspiracy to commit arson and possess an explosive device.
Mattis and Rahman told U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan at the time that they understood they would lose their law licenses as a result of their guilty pleas.
As we noted previously, when making his guilty plea, Mattis told the judge, “I wish I had made different and better choices that night.” Rahman also said she regretted her actions.
In addition to the loss of the ability to practice law and their upcoming sentences, Mattis and Rahman have agreed to pay $30,137 in restitution to New York City. To our knowledge, Pryor Cashman has yet to officially fire Mattis but we suspect that shoe may drop soon.
Rahman will be sentenced this Friday, and Mattis will be sentenced on December 16.
N.Y. disbars lawyers who threw Molotov cocktail at police car during George Floyd protests [Reuters]
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