Montana Attorney Seeking to Dismiss Ethics Charge Denied Relief

A suspended Montana attorney who asked the state’s highest court to dismiss additional, pending disciplinary charges against her because she’s not subject to the disciplinary commission’s jurisdiction struck out when the court denied her petition.

Intervention in the commission’s process is “unwarranted and unsupported by law,” the Jan. 6 opinion said.

Tina L. Morin asked the Supreme Court of Montana to issue a writ of supervisory control to stop the state’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel from proceeding with a professional misconduct charge against her.

“Supervisory control is an extraordinary remedy that may be invoked when the case involves purely legal ...