Marc Elias, the controversial election fraud denying progressive election attorney who intervenes in election lawsuits and files bar complaints against conservative election attorneys, filed complaints with attorney regulation in Maryland and Washington D.C. earlier this month against Kari Lake’s attorney Kurt Olsen. Elias, who has been nicknamed a “Democratic superlawyer,” also released a video discussing successes in targeting conservative election attorneys.
Elias’s Democracy Docket stated in a press release on July 12 that Olsen “spread election lies while representing Election Deniers, including Kari Lake, in frivolous election lawsuits.” Gillian Feiner, Senior Counsel at the States United Democracy Center, said in the press release, “Kurt Olsen has abused his law license to spread lies about our elections in the courtroom time and time again, and his pattern of unethical conduct shows he’s not going to stop.”
Democracy Docket named Olsen’s role in the Texas v. Pennsylvania election lawsuit and his work representing Lake, citing “sanctions and discipline that Olsen already faces in Arizona for related conduct.” The State Bar of Arizona has not concluded its disciplinary case against Olsen.
The Arizona Supreme Court recently ruled that election attorneys should not be subject to discipline for bringing election lawsuits. The state’s highest court said in a unanimous opinion in May that there is some merit to election lawsuits, even if a “long shot,” and ruling against those who bring them for questioning an “election’s legitimacy” would have a “chilling effect.”
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