Attorney Tony Buzbee is withdrawing from seven more lawsuits against Diddy after U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams questioned his credentials to practice in the Southern District of New York.
Legal reporter Meghann Cuniff confirmed this follows Buzbee’s initial withdrawal from representing one client suing the Bad Boy Records founder. Most lawsuits against Diddy were filed in this jurisdiction, meaning his clients will now need new legal representation.
In Buzbee’s initial notice, he stated he would only appear in court “until such time as he is admitted to practice” in the district.
“A grievance was filed by Shawn Carter against me alleging I was practicing law in the Southern District of New York without formal admission. Until that’s sorted out I’m going to let my colleagues who are formally admitted push those cases while I continue to march on the New York State cases,” he explained. “We also will be filling cases in Nevada and California very soon.”
Buzbee was denied permission to practice law in the district last month, preventing him from handling cases in New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan counties.
