Former Prosecutor Gets Caught With 1,000 Pounds Of Weed At His Law Office – Above the Law

Hashish regulation is a booming enterprise. Large-name gamers like DLA Piper have already determined to characterize purchasers that intend to promote marijuana. Matthew Morris determined to chop out the center man and be a lawyer who sells weed. In bulk. In Virginia. The place what he was doing was undoubtedly unlawful. You’d assume his background as a prosecutor would have prevented him from being on this state of affairs, however then you definately wouldn’t be studying this text. ABA Journal has protection:

Lawyer Matthew Taylor Morris, 38, of Virginia Seashore, Virginia, was suspended efficient Oct. 1 and ordered to indicate trigger why his regulation license shouldn’t be additional suspended or revoked, in keeping with a Sept. 27 show-cause order… Morris allowed different individuals within the conspiracy to retailer 1,000 kilos of marijuana and money proceeds at his Virginia Seashore regulation agency, the High Tier Regulation Group, prosecutors mentioned.

The road worth of the marijuana merchandise ranged from $800,000 to $1.6 million, in keeping with a press release of info signed by Morris and filed with the show-cause order.

If a pound of weed was a purpose he ought to get his license suspended, there are 1,000 causes. It’s one factor to consider that numerically, however take a second to consider it volumetrically. For those who’re in your workplace, go searching you and Tetris the shit out. The place would you set half a ton of — if the gross worth is any indication — mid? After giving it your finest psychological shot, you’ll be able to go right here to see what it might appear like. This can be a completely different matter the place 1.1k kilos of weed was seized, however shut sufficient is shut sufficient. Hopefully the tip-toeing round his workplace nugs was sufficient follow to avoid the suspension or revocation.

We’re all for attorneys having facet gigs — promoting weed could even be certainly one of them — however at the least do the due diligence of constructing certain that your facet gig received’t value you your authorized livelihood.

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