Ethics
Former Bryan Cave partner disbarred after guilty plea to sexting person he thought was 14 years old
A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been disbarred after his sentencing for exchanging sexual messages with an undercover investigator who he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
The lawyer, Daniel Philip Waxman, had led the tort group of the law firm’s New York office. The Legal Profession Blog noted the disbarment in a July 17 opinion by the Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court.
Waxman pleaded guilty in April 2024 to attempted dissemination of indecent materials to minors, according to the disbarment opinion and a June 2023 press release by the Rockland County, New York, district attorney’s office. He was sentenced to probation for five years in July 2024 and ordered to pay fees for a DNA databank and sex offender registration.
Waxman admitted that he used a messaging app in May 2023 to communicate with the person. The disbarment was automatic as a result of the guilty plea to a felony.
The disbarment is retroactive to the date of Waxman’s conviction in April 2024.
Bryan Cave placed Waxman on indefinite leave after his May 2023 arrest. He was taken into custody when he arrived in Rockland County to meet with the person who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to the June 2023 press release.
RollOnFriday reported in July 2024 that it “understands that [Waxman] exited the firm, not entirely willingly, in February this year.”
Bryan Cave told RollOnFriday that it took the allegations seriously.
“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,” Bryan Cave said in a statement to the publication.
Waxman was admitted to practice in New York in 1993. Phone numbers listed online for Waxman are no longer working.
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