A South Carolina attorney appears likely to be disbarred from the practice of law after recently admitting to over 70 counts of misconduct across two years, including attempted insurance fraud, filing a false police report and theft of settlement funds from a lawsuit in which he was the defendant.

Alex Murdaugh of Hampton County, South Carolina, was suspended by the state Supreme Court in September 2021 for allegedly stealing funds from the law firm that employed him. He was subsequently arrested and charged for what police say was an attempt to have himself shot and killed so his surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]