So, I don’t know how it works for physicians, but when a lawyer gets disbarred sometimes they will work doing things like binding arbitration. They are the “Judge” in the same, but less showy, sense of Judge Judy. In the case I am thinking of, the lawyer’s secretary stole from clients and he got disbarred. This sounds a bit like the MD equivalent. (They might have made a million over a few years, but they could have made more if they were still working their regular practice.)
So I was wondering what these guys did to get stuck doing this. Here is one:
The ALJ determined that a 5-year exclusion was mandatory because Dr. Pennington was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
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He contended that the evidence before the ALJ, along with additional material submitted with his appeal, established that he was a drug addict but not a drug dealer.
