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The Supreme Court of Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by Joe Morrissey, a former state delegate and now a candidate for state Senate, to reverse a three-judge panel’s decision revoking his law license last year.

The panel of Circuit Court judges acted after a five-day hearing in March 2018 on professional misconduct allegations filed by the Virginia State Bar. Morrissey’s lawyers argued in April that the judges made errors, among them failing to make findings of fact supporting their rulings, and also that the punishment was too harsh.

In Thursday’s unanimous order, the justices found no errors and concluded the punishment was fitting.

“Three points stand out with respect to an appropriate sanction. First, rather than take responsibility, Morrissey tries to shift the blame for his actions to others,” the justices wrote. “The fault, however, does not lie with others.”