Floyd County (The Tribune)
New Albany attorney suspended after sexual battery conviction
Anthony Wallingford can apply for reinstatement in April 2011
A former New Albany attorney has been formally suspended from practicing law, more than a year after he was convicted of class D felony sexual battery. He will not be eligible to apply for reinstatement until April of 2011.
Anthony J. Wallingford, 40, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in September of 2008 to one year at the Indiana Department of Correction. He served six months. The attorney, who had offices in Marengo and New Albany, had been charged in Harrison County Superior Court with touching a 16-year-old girl’s breasts with his hands and mouth in Elizabeth in April 2007.
Wallingford began serving his sentence in October of 2008, and in December, the Supreme Court ordered an interim suspension of his license to practice law.
Based on a conditional agreement between the parties, the Supreme Court ruled this month that Wallingford be suspended at least two years and that the sentence would take effect retroactively from the beginning of his prison sentence.
The decision states that he will not be eligible to seek reinstatement until after he finishes his probation. According to Harrison County’s probation office, he will not conclude probation until April 22, 2011.
Wallingford will not be granted automatic reinstatement, according to the court order. He must apply.
Justice Brent E. Dickson dissented, stating that he would reject the agreement because he believes the attorney’s felony conviction demonstrates his “unfitness to responsibly represent, advise and serve future clients.”
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