Trump's Worst Lawyer, Alina Habba, May Be Disbarred For This

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[iderryan]

You know, nobody gives Trump any credit for helping the world identify the worst people. They all come slithering out of the mud to be close to him.

[Sankis]

Those texts are absolutely heart breaking. This woman genuinely thought she had found a friend with her best interests in mind. I hope Habba loses everything

[julieswenson]

A lawyer secretly pretending to be someone's friend in order to get them to sign an agreement and then almost immediately going on to work directly for the guy whose company was responsible for paying that person's settlement seems absolutely grounds for disbarrment.

[xDominicx]

That a woman sought to exploit the vulnerability of another who had been sexually harassed/assaulted by a colleague of her client (or client-to-be) whilst using the exact same words “I will protect you”….feeling sick doesn’t describe it…

[mediocrefunkybeat]

There's scraping the bottom of the barrel but now we're at the point where Trump has scraped the bottom out, dug down 10 feet and found the cess pit. That's how bad these lawyers are.

[RILDIGITAL]

The unethical behavior displayed by some lawyers is truly disappointing. Let's hope justice is served and that the victims can find proper representation that serves their best interests.

[Ucfahmad]

The Nebula version of this has an epilogue where Devin gives us an unfiltered opinion and calls Alina Habba “a garbage human being”.
Just thought you all should know.

[dowitcher]

I honestly don’t know what would be worse: if Habba lied about being a victim of SA to get Bianco to trust her, or if she actually has been a victim, actually does know how horrific this situation is, actually has been in that awful position… and screwed over a fellow victim anyways. Either way, I don’t think I’ve ever been more physically repulsed by someone’s behavior.

[georgeh]

Never accept unprompted "help" from a lawyer. Always choose your lawyer. Never sign any document without taking it home, reading it carefully, showing other people, etc. I co-own an LLC with 5 other people. 1 of them out of the blue hired a lawyer to rewrite the charter(!) of the LLC when he wanted to sell his shares to an outsider. I spoke up and said, No, the LLC needs to hire its own lawyer to represent us. And we did. Always know who pays your lawyer; that is their client.

[joels]

So unethical, it really should be criminal. If half of what’s alleged is true, it should be grounds for disbarment.

[mjdelaney]

Thank you. This is not getting the attention it warrants. A first year law student knows how grossly unethical this conduct by Habba is - what is the deal between Habba and Trump? It's not only ethically challenged - it's downright creepy.

[brcarter]

I love how he basically reads the victim's entire complaint so her story can be told so she wo't have to worry about violating her NDA. Brilliant!

[TheHavnmonkey]

I absolutely hope that records are revealed backing up the claims against Habba. Any lawyer who does this to a victim of sexual assault or harassment deserves to never practice law again in the very least.

[PrincessLelouch]

“you don’t want to go public with this, I’ve been raped, I can help you, I can protect you” I’ve never read something that has made me feel so physically ill. There is absolutely no way she’s ever stood within a three mile radius of this poor woman’s shoes, and it’s disgusting that she lies about being a victim of sexual assault in order to gain the victim’s trust. It’s like that high school friend who claims to be a girl’s girl and is always saying that girls have to stick together before immediately sleeping with your boyfriend.

[pacificostudios]

Urging a non-client to discharge their attorney without cause is a serious ethical violation. The victim's new lawyer must have been shocked.

[monroerobbins]

6:05 I think what made me really, and I mean REALLY outraged, is that this is exactly what that slimeball was allegedly saying to the defendant: “I want to help you, I can protect you”. It’s classic manipulation, and the fact that it’s coming from another woman just… it shows what side Habba’s really on, IMO, and it’s certainly not the side of justice, or even for the side of money. It’s just so bloody disgusting, Habba was not only breaching lawyer conduct, but she was actively manipulating the defendant, a young and emotionally vulnerable woman. She’s not only a horrible lawyer, but she’s a horrible person.

[wgriffin]

This conduct seems to take a flying leap over the line between unethical and illegal.

[leemcclelland]

Disbarment is a horribly painful, expensive loss for a lawyer. It looks like from this complaint that Habba has earned this consequence.

[juliav.mcclelland]

As a woman and a legal assistant, this is watching a horror movie.

[caminho]

Also staggering is how a dodgy lawyer would allow a recorded history of all this impropriety.