Rollins wins back law license
Reinstatement approved by Board of Bar Overseers
Disgraced former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins, forced to resign under an ethics cloud, has won her law license back.
Rollins made a “request for reinstatement” with the Suffolk Superior Court, and her appeal was granted and approved by the state Board of Bar Overseers, according to a copy of the order signed by Clerk Maura Doyle.
“It is hereby ORDERED that the suspension of RACHAEL SPLAINE ROLLINS is terminated forthwith,” the court document states. The decision was entered into the official docket Tuesday, the notice adds.
Rollins did not respond to a message left by the Herald Tuesday.
As the Herald previously reported, Rollins’ law license was suspended on Feb. 20, for non-payment of registration fees, according to documents from the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County, where the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers filed a motion for suspension.
Rollins resigned her post as the state’s top federal prosecutor last May — ahead of the release of two scathing federal reports that warned she could face disciplinary action if she did not promptly quit.
Rollins, who was elected Suffolk District Attorney before leaving to join the Biden administration as the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney, was found by the Department of Justice to have attempted to influence the outcome of the Suffolk DA race in favor of former City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, who lost the primary to Kevin Hayden.
The violation was “among other” instances of significant misconduct flagged by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz in his scathing report to Congress.
Rollins is now working at Roxbury Community College, where she is being paid $80,000 as a special projects administrator. The role is centered on the school’s new Project to Support Returning Citizens let out of prison.
She has earned $19,606 to date in that part-time role, according to state Comptroller records.