Stanley Chesley, big important rich dude in Cincinnati, got his friend the mayor to defend him as “someone who always stands up and fights for the little guy.”
Seeing as Chesley’s multiple recent disbarments have to do with him ripping off the little guy for millions and millions of dollars in profit for himself, the mayor’s defense seems a bit off.
Anyway, it didn’t work. His fellow trustees at the University of Cincinnati “gave Chesley until 5 p.m. on Monday to resign.” Chesley refused, maybe figuring that fantastic defense from the mayor would do the trick.
After a few days, though, Stan figured out the way things were going and resigned. Not only from the university, but from his law practice.
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One of the committees that argued for Chesley’s disbarment referred to his “astounding greed.” If astounding greed barred people from university trusteeships, we’d need to get accustomed to three-person BOTs… You don’t even see Brown University scrutinizing Steven Cohen. On the contrary, they’re defending the guy.
I think Brown’s approach is jail or nothing. If not jail, he can stay.
April 24th, 2013 at 4:34AM
[…] Chesley, you recall, is the disgraced former BOT member whose “astounding greed” has gotten him disbarred in multiple states. […]