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Drexel University//PROVIDED PHOTO Susan Brooks, an associate dean and law professor at Drexel University, has asked the D.C Bar to sanction South Jersey's Kellyanne Conway.

Brooks’ signing of the letter sets up a regional rumble, with a Philly lawyer and professor challenging a South Jersey native and a member of good standing of the New Jersey bar.

"This is a pretty extraordinary" step, Brooks said of the complaint, adding she and her colleagues felt "making a statement was important." Brooks is not a member of the New Jersey bar, but she said a member of the Garden State's legal community will be added to the letter when it is filed with the Garden State's Office of Attorney Ethics.



Conway is anative of Atco in Camden County who went to high school in Hammonton in Atlantic County. She is a graduate of George Washington University Law School in Washington.

Conway was admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1995 under her maiden name, Fitzpatrick, but does not actively practice law there. She had lived in Alpine, Bergen County, before joining the Trump administration.

Conway had overseen Trump's campaign in its closing months. She is primarily a pollster.

In their letter about Conway, the law professors wrote:

“We do not file this complaint lightly. We believe that, at one time, Ms. Conway, understood her ethical responsibilities as a lawyer and abided by them.

“But she is currently acting in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.”

“What prompted our complaint was a combination of the