A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump cannot practice law in California after a judge's ruling recommended disbarment, according to state records and reports.
A bold red message on the State Bar of California alerts viewers John Eastman is "Not Eligible to Practice Law," the progressive news site Democracy Docket was among the first to report Tuesday.
The status update comes with a hefty consumer alert warning would-be clients that Eastman was been charged with a felony in Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wills has accused the lawyer, Trump and more than a dozen others with election racketeering.
The California disbarment proceedings began last year when the California State Bar found Eastman culpable for ethics violations and misconduct.
Last month, Judge Yvette Roland found Eastman culpable of 10 of the 11 disciplinary charges levied against him in a lengthy and damning decision upon which the California Supreme Court will issue a final verdict.
ALSO READ: No, Donald Trump, fraud is not protected by the First Amendment
When news of Eastman's trouble broke in November, legal experts noted disbarment could spur Eastman to join lawyers Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Ken Chesebro and against Trump in the Georgia election racketeering case.
At the time, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance suggested any "rational" person would seek a deal.
"If John Eastman loses his license in the bar proceeding, it incentives him (or would incentivize a rationale person) to plead and cooperate in the criminal case to avoid prison (since he's already lost his license)," she wrote.
