Bar Counsel Steve Van Goor said he acted as soon as he got a copy of the dismissal order that was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The bar moved against Stevens' license after a jury found him guilty Oct. 27 of seven felony counts for violating Senate ethics rules. The bar argued in its motion to the Alaska Supreme Court that his license should be automatically suspended because of the nature of the crime.
But Stevens fought the interim suspension, saying he was seeking a new trial in Washington or dismissal of the charges because the verdict wasn't reached fairly. And he said there was no practical reason for the bar to go after his license because he was on the bar's inactive list and couldn't practice law in Alaska anyway.
Van Goor said the Supreme Court had not yet acted on Stevens' license, so there was nothing to fix. The court is the discipline body for Alaska lawyers.
Stevens' license was suspended in two other jurisdictions where he had been licensed since 1951, California and Washington, D.C. The Web sites of those bar associations show the suspensions remain in effect.
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