Scruggs Nation, Day 41

Numerous readers have inquired what the Mississippi State Bar may be doing in relation to the Scruggs allegations. I inquired of Adam Kilgore, General Counsel of the Mississippi Bar, and he was good enough to respond on the record as follows:[B]ecause of the work we do in the Office of General Counsel (OGC), I am not at liberty to discuss specific cases until such time as the OGC takes action that is considered public. This is so because of the disciplinary process we work under as outlined in the Rules of Discipline for the Mississippi Bar (MRD) as set forth by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.First, we take no disciplinary action in Mississippi against lawyers who are under indictment awaiting trial (at least not action related to the indictment. If there are other unrelated dis