In
2023,
Daniel
Waxman
was
a
partner
at
Bryan
Cave
Leighton
Paisner,
leading
their
torts
practice
in
the
New
York
office.
But
his
legal
career
came
screeching
to
a
halt
in
June
2023,
when
Waxman
was
arrested
for
attempting
to
meet
up
with
a
14-year-old
girl
he
was
texting
for
a
month,
when
in
reality
he
was
communicating
with
an
undercover
cop.
In
April
2024,
Waxman
pleaded
guilty
to
attempted
dissemination
of
indecent
materials
to
minors,
and
was
sentenced
to
five
years
probation.
But
that
slap
on
the
wrist
has
a
much
more
devastating
impact
on
his
legal
career.
The
guilty
plea
to
a
felony
automatically
triggered
his
disbarment,
which
was
entered
by
the
Appellate
Division’s
First
Judicial
Department
of
the
New
York
Supreme
Court,
retroactive
to
Waxman’s
conviction.
The
firm
provided
the
following
statement
on
their
former
partner
to
ABA
Journal,
“When
we
learned
of
the
allegations,
Daniel
Waxman
was
immediately
suspended
from
the
firm,
never
worked
since
the
suspension
and
is
no
longer
a
partner
or
otherwise
associated
with
the
firm.”
According
to
RollOnFriday,
when
it
became
clear
that
Waxman’s
suspension
was
going
to
be
of
the
permanent
variety,
he
“exited
the
firm,
not
entirely
willingly.”
You
have
to
wonder
what,
precisely,
he
thought
would
happen
after
his
arrest
in
a
sexual
predator
investigation.
Earlier:
Biglaw
Partner
Arrested
In
Sexual
Predator
Investigation
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