In-house counsel gets permanent double disbarment 
Published: December 4, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, in-house counsel, legal ethics, professional responsibility, unauthorized practice of law, Verizon, WorldCom
A lawyer who continued to work as an in-house attorney after he had been disbarred has now been permanently disbarred.
Lawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment
Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, legal ethics, professional responsibility, Sanctions, tax evasion
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.
Lawyer sanctioned for use of Westlaw account
Published: October 26, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, professional responsibility, public reprimand, Rules of Professional Conduct, Sanctions, Westlaw
An attorney who engaged in the unauthorized use of a Westlaw account for more than one year should be publicly reprimanded, the Oregon Supreme Court has determined, declining to suspend him from practice as recommended by the State Bar.
Nevada weighs CLE requirement for substance abuse
Published: October 19, 2012
Tags: addiction, CLE, Continuing Legal Education, legal malpractice, mental health, professional responsibility, substance abuse
The Nevada Supreme Court is considering a state bar proposal that would require lawyers to complete a course on substance abuse as part of their annual continuing legal education requirement.
Benchmarks: Florida lawyer suspended for bad-mouthing client
Published: July 13, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, professional responsibility, Rules of Professional Conduct
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday drove home the point that a lawyer must keep personal feelings in check when terminating a relationship with a client.
Benchmarks: Ohio attorney suspended for bullying client
Published: June 11, 2012
Tags: professional responsibility, Rules of Professional Conduct
Sure it’s frustrating when a client doesn’t pay up. But getting angry doesn’t help matters. In fact, getting angry can make matters much worse.
Just ask Cincinnati attorney James R. Hartke.
Hartke’s journey towards a professional train wreck began in 2009.
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Ethics: Beware pitfalls of blogging about cases
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 23, 2011
Tags: blogging, blogs, ethics, Facebook, professional responsibility, social media, social networking, Twitter
Writers are often encouraged to write about what they know. But for lawyers seeking a topic for a blog post, Facebook update or Tweet, should that include writing about their own clients and cases?
Rothstein pleads guilty, seeks shorter jail term
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: ponzi scheme, professional responsibility
Scott Rothstein, the disbarred Florida lawyer and newly convicted Ponzi schemer who faces up to 100 years in prison, will strive to help authorities make cases against others who profited from his massive investment scam — in hopes of shaving time off his sentence. Rothstein will be sentenced on May 6 following his guilty plea Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court to five counts of racketeering, fraud and money laundering.
Indicted Fla. lawyer had 20 million reward points
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: attorney fraud, professional responsibility
A Florida lawyer charged in a $1.2 billion fraud apparently heeded the American Express slogan “Don’t leave home without it.” Court records show Scott Rothstein racked up more than 20 million reward points on his American Express account. Cardholders typically receive one point for every dollar spent.
Fla. lawyer set to plead guilty in Ponzi scheme
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 6, 2010
Tags: ponzi scheme, professional responsibility
Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors on charges of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using faked legal settlements, his attorney said Tuesday.
