Lake's lawyers, including Alan Dershowitz, were hit with Rule 11 sanctions and Section 1927 sanctions in Federal Court on December 1, 2022. Rule 11 sanctions are a big deal. It forever taints a lawyer's professional reputation.
>>>The court imposed Rule 11 sanctions on plaintiffs’ counsel for the two false statements of fact, but it refused to penalize them for filing the lawsuit for illegitimate, non-legal ends. . . . But Judge Tuchi did impose sanctions under 28 USC § 1927 for multiplying the proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously,” . . . So Alan Dershowitz, along with attorneys Andrew Parker and Kurt Olsen, will be jointly and severally liable for the Maricopa County Defendants’ attorneys’ fees. It’s an ignominious end to the Harvard emeritus professor’s long legal career, and an even more ignominious end to the Big Lie claims brought by Donald Trump and his acolytes.<<<
FAFO.
abovethelaw.com
But, her not-so-merry band of losers, er lawyers, apparently decided they wanted to experience an epic *ss-kicking in state court as well:
>>>So naturally this team of weirdos filed yet another
election challenge, this time in state court in Maricopa County, demanding to be crowned the winner of the November 8 election.<<<
https://abovethelaw.com/2022/12/fresh-off-sanctions-order-kari-lakes-lawyers-file-yet-another-wacko-election-challenge/
Leading to . . . . drum roll . . . an award of about $28K to the defendant Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
An Arizona judge refused to sanction Kari Lake and her lawsuit for their election lawsuit, finding that it was "not successful" but also "not groundless."
lawandcrime.com
Lake's almost instant loss in court was 100% predictable, but it was somewhat surprising that the judge didn't award sanctions. Oh well, there's always next time.