Legal Ethics
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Partner Finds Having Sex With A Junior Attorney On His Desk Isn’t A Terrific Career Move
His behavior was ‘wrong and inappropriate.’
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The couple lived a ‘fairly extravagant’ lifestyle.
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Young Lawyer Charged With Breaking Into Former Coworker’s Home While Armed
The class of 2015 law school graduate reportedly had a gun, a knife, handcuffs, rope, a hammer, and duct tape when he allegedly tried to enter his former coworker/love interest’s home.
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There Seems To Be A New Disbarment Baseline
You may want to pay your sketchy attorney in increments of $4,500.
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Lawyer Receives Prison Time After Bilking Clients Out Of More Than $2M
This lawyer won’t be able to ‘rip off’ clients anymore while he’s behind bars.
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‘Motion To Compel Lunch’ Makes Case For Ordering Attorney To The Lunch Table
Don’t let the title of this motion fool you, it’s actually pretty serious.
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Texas Lawyer Steals ~$200k In Trust Funds From Client
Quick tutorial on how to not take care of your clients.
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The ‘generation gap’ excuse doesn’t cut it.
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Lawyer Gets Too Clever Insulting Witness, Gets Censured For His Efforts
It might be punny, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to say in court.
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How did someone get away with faking court orders for this long?
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Should Judges And Lawyers Sometimes Violate Legal Ethics To Promote The Public Good?
There is a well-established history in America of disregarding the rules in order to achieve a just result notwithstanding the normal legal process.
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ABA Ethics Rules On Choice Of Law In Multi-Jurisdiction Practice
Starting a law firm that operates in multiple jurisdictions can be lucrative, but also confusing with multiple, competing ethics rules.
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This Chicago Lawyer Just Became The Most Relatable Esquire Of The Day
This is why you talk to co-counsel in morse code.
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Lawyer In Hot Water For Faking Financial Documents To Lower His Law Firm Capital Contribution
A suspension is in the cards.
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Ex-Boutique Partner Gets Prison Time For Stealing From Firm
He allegedly stole from the firm because he was promised a raise and never received it.
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Proofreading Failure Subjects Lawyer To Embarrassing TV Appearance
A very successful news interview… NOT!
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Eric Schneiderman Can Practice Law Again In New York
His license was suspended for a year after he admitted to conduct unbecoming of an attorney.
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Alex Jones Attorney Took Break From Embarrassing Himself In Court To Do Racist Amateur Stand-Up
Who knew just stringing together a bunch of derogatory statements doesn’t make something ‘edgy comedy’? Everybody, huh? Cool.
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Addressing Maryland’s Biased Disciplinary Process Through Data
Preliminary data strongly suggests that a disproportionate number of grievances are brought against solo and small firm lawyers, and attorneys of color, and further, the sanctions meted out are harsher as well.