Disbarment
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Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics
Lawyer Disbarred For Planting Drugs On Elementary School Volunteer
This tale is truly insane. -
Attorney Misconduct, Celebrities
F. Lee Bailey, Broke And Working Above Hair Salon, Still Thinks O.J. Is Innocent
What has happened to the famed criminal defense attorney? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Legal Ethics
Anti-Gay Lawyer Can Lawyer (In Michigan) No More
An update on a lawyer who rose to Above the Law infamy in 2010.
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime
Disbarred Harvard Law Grad Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping To Avoid Life Behind Bars
How much prison time is he facing? -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Disbarred Lawyer's $11 Million Beach House
The house is up for sale -- so the disgraced plaintiffs' lawyer can repay the clients he defrauded. -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics
Lawyer Gets $150K Bonus! (By Misappropriating Client Money... Then He Gets Disbarred)
This one is a doozy. It's basically an issue-spotter for a Professional Responsibility exam. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.11.15
* What sanctions might we awaiting Trace Schmeltz, the Biglaw tweeting partner? [The National Law Journal]
* For comparison, here’s the right way to deal with courtroom restrictions on tweeting. [Katz on Justice]
* Once you get to the “forging your degree” stage, you can almost certainly count on being disbarred once you’re found out. [Law Society Gazette]
* The ramifications of student conduct codes that are more restrictive than the U.S. Constitution. [The Atlantic]
* Should the future composition of the Supreme Court force people to be single issue voters? [Salon]
* Sepp Blatter loses his s**t. [Law and More]
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Legal Ethics
1000+ Ethics Complaints For Lawyer Convicted Of Sex With Minor
This lawyer has a lot of problems. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Legal Ethics
Disbarred Attorney Vows To Go Ham On Florida Bar
This lawyer won't take a disbarment laying down. -
Legal Ethics
Disbarred Judge Won’t Resign
Ensconced in office, a judge isn't going to let a little thing like being disbarred ruin a good gig. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.17.15
* A look back at the impact Justice Scalia’s signature snarky style has had on the high court. [Jost on Justice]
* Decry “big government” all you want, but this is a great use of its power: one Wal-Mart declared a public nuisance. [Law and More]
* A horse! A horse! My law license for a horse! One attorney faces sanctions for his love of racing horses. [Legal Profession Blog]
* The NLRB might have dashed Northwestern’s football players’ unionization hopes, but they still won a lot of concessions. [Fox Sports]
* More than 50 days after the landmark Obergefell case, there are still pockets of the country where same-sex couples can’t get married. [BuzzFeed]
* What can the RNC offer Donald Trump to GTFO of the Republican primary? [Funny or Die]
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime
Harvard Law Graduate Arrested In Strange Kidnapping Scheme
In a bizarre case of kidnapping that police initially called a hoax, a Harvard Law grad is charged with the crime. -
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.02.15
* The Department of Justice has launched an antitrust investigation looking at potential price collusion between major airlines. The airline industry doing something to make customers’ lives difficult? Surely you jest. [Associated Press]
* Loretta Lynch went back to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina yesterday and held a roundtable on civil rights. She called particular attention to the recent violence at historically black churches “whether they are burned or through bullets.” [WNCN]
* J. Michael Farren, a White House attorney under George W. Bush, was disbarred in the District of Columbia. He was convicted of attempted murder for beating his wife, a former Skadden attorney, and sentenced to 15 years in jail. [National Law Journal]
* Is there a gender bias in job descriptions? And if there is, what should be done about it? [American Lawyer]
* Biglaw is making big bucks, but only giving small amounts to pro bono efforts. [ABA Journal]
* An Ohio courthouse was evacuated Tuesday after a woman brought a bottle of perfume, shaped like a grenade to the court. I guess you can’t be too careful. [Huffington Post]
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Legal Ethics
Homeless Lawyer Is Terrible Lawyer, Says Supreme Court
As lawyers, we should be outraged over homelessness among our profession. But this particular homeless guy still seems like a jerk. -
Crime, Legal Ethics
Peeping Tom Attorney Can Lawyer No More
What happens when a lawyer is a peeping Tom? -
Attorney Misconduct, Canada, Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Legal Ethics, Theater, White-Collar Crime
The View From Up North: Phantom Of The Opera Disbarred
How did Canada's most famous lawyer (now ex-lawyer) wind up in prison? -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Divorce Train Wrecks, Kids, Legal Ethics, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
How Not To Answer the 'Order to Show Cause That You Shouldn't Be Disbarred'
Turning it in late is a bad start. -
Attorney Misconduct, Boutique Law Firms, Federal Judges, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Legal Fee Voyeurism, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Small Law Firms
Lawyer of the Day: Stan Chesley, Disbarred Husband of a Federal Judge
What got this prominent plaintiff-side lawyer into trouble? Hint: it's all about the benjamins.... -
Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Facebook, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Insider Trading, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.22.13
* If you’re looking for an easy résumé line, then consider joining the Supreme Court bar, an elite organization that doesn’t check to see if its members are still alive. All you need is three years of practice, two signatures, and $200. [Associated Press]
* Stanley Chesley, the master of disaster himself, was disbarred for his “shocking and reprehensible” conduct in a fen-phen case. His wife, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott of the Southern District of Ohio, must be oh so pleased. [Courier-Journal]
* Howrey like dem apples now? Some of Howrey’s former partners, including ex-chairman Robert Ryuak, all lined up to make deals to delay lawsuits from firm’s bankruptcy trustee, Allan Diamond. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* This Biglaw firm’s future was just a little bit dimmer in 2012, with a 4.9 percent dip in profits per equity partner. This is unexpected from Milbank, a number 3 seed in our March Madness competition. [Am Law Daily]
* The NRA’s New York affiliate filed suit challenging the state’s new gun laws, claiming that ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment — because this is clearly what the founders intended. [Reuters]
* Raj Rajaratnam’s younger brother, Rengan Rajaratnam, was indicted yesterday in a federal insider-trading scheme tied to the Galleon case. You can’t fault the guy, he was just trying to keep it in the family. [Bloomberg]
* Sorry, Dean Boland, but you’re not going anywhere. A judge denied the attorney’s request to withdraw from Paul Ceglia’s Facebook case. He must be wishing there were a dislike button now. [Law 360 (sub. req.)]