The Joker
November 2nd, 2010, 01:56 AM
http://www.freep.com/article/20101030/NEWS05/10300453/1320/Assistant-AGs-rants-could-cost-him-license
Andrew Shirvell's rants against a University of Michigan student leader who is openly gay could cost him his law license.
Deborah Gordon, the attorney for U-M student Chris Armstrong, said Friday she has filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission against Shirvell, a Michigan assistant attorney general, on behalf of her client.
The complaint alleges Shirvell harassed and defamed Armstrong during what Gordon describes as a six-month campaign "of lies, dishonesty, heckling, hate speech and even job interference."
The commission could disbar Shirvell if it investigates.
"I could not stand by and let Mr. Shirvell continue his reckless, bullying behavior," Armstrong said in a statement.
Shirvell already is fighting a ban from the U-M campus. And he faces a Friday disciplinary hearing in the Attorney General's Office.
U-M student leader: Bullying had to stop
Five days ago, Chris Armstrong wanted to focus on his classes, complete his senior year and finish his work with the Michigan Student Assembly. On Friday, the University of Michigan student leader took a step deeper into the controversy surrounding the attacks on him by a Michigan assistant attorney general.
In a news release announcing the filing of a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, Armstrong said he had to take the action against Andrew Shirvell to keep him from bullying. His attorney is asking the commission to investigate and possibly disbar Shirvell.
"We just feel very strongly ... that you can't be a licensed attorney and an officer of the court and conduct yourself this way and essentially terrorize a college student," said Deborah Gordon, Armstrong's Bloomfield Hills attorney.
Armstrong is the first openly gay president of the U-M student assembly. Shirvell has been on a voluntary leave from the Attorney General's Office in the wake of a national uproar over attacks on Armstrong primarily on his blog, which is now private.
There, he posted a picture of Armstrong with a swastika across his face, called him "Satan's representative" on the student assembly and said he was promoting a "radical homosexual agenda" as president.
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Andrew Shirvell's rants against a University of Michigan student leader who is openly gay could cost him his law license.
Deborah Gordon, the attorney for U-M student Chris Armstrong, said Friday she has filed a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission against Shirvell, a Michigan assistant attorney general, on behalf of her client.
The complaint alleges Shirvell harassed and defamed Armstrong during what Gordon describes as a six-month campaign "of lies, dishonesty, heckling, hate speech and even job interference."
The commission could disbar Shirvell if it investigates.
"I could not stand by and let Mr. Shirvell continue his reckless, bullying behavior," Armstrong said in a statement.
Shirvell already is fighting a ban from the U-M campus. And he faces a Friday disciplinary hearing in the Attorney General's Office.
U-M student leader: Bullying had to stop
Five days ago, Chris Armstrong wanted to focus on his classes, complete his senior year and finish his work with the Michigan Student Assembly. On Friday, the University of Michigan student leader took a step deeper into the controversy surrounding the attacks on him by a Michigan assistant attorney general.
In a news release announcing the filing of a complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, Armstrong said he had to take the action against Andrew Shirvell to keep him from bullying. His attorney is asking the commission to investigate and possibly disbar Shirvell.
"We just feel very strongly ... that you can't be a licensed attorney and an officer of the court and conduct yourself this way and essentially terrorize a college student," said Deborah Gordon, Armstrong's Bloomfield Hills attorney.
Armstrong is the first openly gay president of the U-M student assembly. Shirvell has been on a voluntary leave from the Attorney General's Office in the wake of a national uproar over attacks on Armstrong primarily on his blog, which is now private.
There, he posted a picture of Armstrong with a swastika across his face, called him "Satan's representative" on the student assembly and said he was promoting a "radical homosexual agenda" as president.
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