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A West Palm Beach lawyer has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court for posting negative comments to social media about people he was suing.
Malik Leigh was a founding partner at the firm of Watson Leigh. He had practiced law for the past 14 years.
Complaints allege that his social media slander began in 2016 with a lawsuit against the Palm Beach County School District and two of its employees.
The state Supreme Court ruled that Leigh accused the judge of racial bias without a basis for the accusation. He allegedly wrote online about being excited to ask a defendant "how much money she's stolen from the schools."
In another post, he used a picture of Jim Carrey's character in 'The Mask' holding a tommy gun.
While Leigh was charged with six counts of misconduct, the Florida Bar allegedly found 24 violations between 2016 and 2023.
Leigh told the Sun Sentinel that his disbarment was based on retaliation and called it "B.S."