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.
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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
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @[email protected].
