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Updated: Friday, 27 Jan 2012, 10:56 AM MST
Published : Friday, 27 Jan 2012, 10:56 AM MST

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - A Carlsbad attorney disbarred for allegedly abandoning clients was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence on the same day he lost his right to practice law.

The Carlsbad Current-Argus ( http:// bit.ly/ A5jLGS ) reports 44-year-old Shawn Lunsford lost his law license Wednesday by the New Mexico Supreme Court and must wait five years before applying for reinstatement.

Disciplinary action against Lunsford began when a client complained to the state that Lunsford closed his local office and ceased contact with clients - all with no advance notice.

The bad news continued Wednesday night when Lunsford was picked up by Carlsbad police for allegedly driving under the influence.

Lunsford pleaded not guilty in magistrate court Thursday morning to the DWI and to leaving the scene of an accident.