I
did
that
[violating
legal
ethics
rules]
on
my
own,
nobody
held
a
gun
to
my
head.
I
wouldn’t
wish
an
indictment
and
a
conviction
on
my
worst
enemy,
and
if
I
could
wave
a
magic
wand
and
make
it
all
go
away,
even
if
it
meant
removing
all
the
personal
growth
I
had,
I
would
wave
that
magic
wand.
—
Robert
M.
Schulman,
who
once
worked
as
an
intellectual
property
litigation
partner
at
Hunton
&
Williams
and
Arent
Fox,
in
testimony
given
before
the
Board
on
Professional
Responsibility
of
the
D.C.
Bar
late
last
week.
Schulman
was
convicted
of
conspiracy
and
securities
fraud
in
2017,
and
later
agreed
to
a
three-year
suspension
of
his
license
to
practice
law,
retroactive
to
June
28,
2018.
In
2010,
Schulman
allegedly
got
drunk
before
sharing
insider
information,
and
continues
to
deny
criminal
liability.
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
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at
Above
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Law,
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worked
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2011.
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