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AGO to keep Dollison
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Posted on Jun 30 2000
The Attorney General’s Office will retain the services of suspended Assistant Attorney General Allan L. Dollison despite a recent Supreme Court decision prohibiting him from practicing law in the CNMI.
Mr. Dollison was suspended by the high court for failing to disclose that he was investigated for bungling several cases he had handled while in California.
“We will keep him in a lesser capacity while he intends to get himself reinstated in court.
We do feel that he has a lot of ability and what he has done is not knowing both sides of the story. It is not something that should disqualify him for the rest of his life,” said Attorney General Herbert Soll.
Mr. Dollison is still off-island on military leave.
According to the Supreme Court decision, the California Bar has filed several notice of disciplinary charges against Mr. Dollison which he had failed to respond to.
The assistant AG began working at the AGO on Oct. 1, 1999 but was only admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth in November that year.
On Oct. 22, he submitted his application for admission, along with a certificate of good standing from the California Supreme Court, to practice law in the Northern Marianas.
As of Oct., 22, 1999, Mr. Dollison was listed as an inactive member of the bar association in California.
However, on March 1, 2000, the CNMI Supreme Court was notified by the California Bar by e-mail that Mr. Dollison was no longer entitled to practice law in California. The e-mail also said that AG’s Office was informed about Mr. Dollison’s status last December.
The three-man high tribunal said Mr. Dollison has failed to notify the Supreme Court of the any change in his ability to practice law in California and in the CNMI despite his duty to do so.
