I used to work for an attorney who made some big mistakes?

Question

and got himself disbarred - not for the lack of me trying to get him some assistance from his peers - and now it is effecting my ability to work in the legal field. I ask you, is this fair? How do I get this black mark off of my resume? Should it be a black mark? Shouldn't the legal community have listened to me when I tried to tell several people he was becoming seriously senile? Why am I being smeared? (I tried to help him.) Why not be upset with the other lawyers who should have helped or his own kids who wouldn't listen to me either?

Answer 1

I am curious about how this is preventing you from getting jobs.  You are not necessarily required to include this on your resume.  Also, it may be a talking point for you in interviews to show that you proactively took steps to assist this man before he was disbarred.  I think we need a little more info to help and to answer definitively.  Generally speaking, I would be wary of anyone who worked with an individual who was disbarred because that kind of event would tend to show practice-wide incompetence.  However, if you were attempting to stop this from happening, I don't see why you can't turn that into a positive for yourself.  

Answer 2

Your question sounds like you were a part of him getting disbarred.  Alot of this is being loyal to your employer, Most employers want people who they can trust and be loyal to them.  If you were talking to his colleges and telling them he was senile then :Shame on YOU".  I think you should have just turned in your notice and found another job.

Your action is what they call a stab in the back.  Sorry for being so blunt.