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"<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley, who was disbarred in Kentucky in March, has been suspended by the U.S. Supreme Court.</p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">In a 10-page <a href=\"http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/061713zor_2dp3.pdf\">order list</a> released Monday, the nation's high court suspended Chesley from practicing law before it for 40 days.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">During that time, Chesley will be required to show cause why he should not be disbarred, the court said.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Following his disbarment by the Kentucky Supreme Court, Chesley retired from practice in Ohio in April.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">The state's \"Master of Disaster\" also stepped down from his position on the University of Cincinnati's Board of Trustees -- at the behest of his fellow trustees.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Chesley maintained he was not co-counsel for the plaintiffs in a controversial class action lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen. He also said he was not aware that other attorneys were deceiving their clients. He argued he was simply brought in to negotiate the 2001 settlement.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this month, he was appointed to the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\"><em>From Legal Newsline: Reach Jessica Karmasek by email at <a href=\"mailto:jessica@legalnewsline.com\">jessica@legalnewsline.com</a>.</em></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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