Suspended N.Y. Attorney Disbarred For Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend

A New York attorney who was serving a three-year suspension in an unrelated matter was disbarred by the state’s highest court for assaulting his former girlfriend.

Lawrence Nkongho Etah showed no remorse for his actions and didn’t offer any mitigating evidence at his disciplinary hearing, the court said upon imposing the sanction.

Etah was caught on video in 2015 throwing the woman into a chair in his law office many times, and kicking and punching her when she was on the ground, the court said.

Etah was found guilty of assault in the third degree in 2017, a class A ...