Tony Zirkle, formerly known as Tony Van Ness, is a suspended attorney and biennial Republican candidate for Congress in Indiana. He has run on strong opposition to pornography and prostitution. In the 2006 Republican primary for Indiana's 2nd congressional district he attained 30% of the vote against Chris Chocola, who later lost to Joe Donnelly in the general election. Zirkle's license to practice law in Indiana was suspended in 2009 for multiple instances and types of misconduct, including counseling his client in a dissolution case on how to evade a court order not to remove the couple's children from the county, falsely telling the court that his client continued to reside in the county, and many instances of over-billing clients. Zirkle became eligible to apply for reinstatement in October 2011.
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