By Jane Wester | January 13, 2021
The First Department will have the decisive say over the former New York City mayor's privilege to practice law, in the wake of his call for "trial by combat" before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The chair of the New York Senate's Judiciary Committee said he had lodged a complaint with the court's Attorney Grievance Committee.
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By Robert Storace | December 30, 2020
A federal judge late Tuesday denied suspended attorney Alan Giacomi's request for compassionate release from prison. Giacomi was sentenced to 41 months in prison for bilking several clients.
By Angela Morris | December 15, 2020
A legal group claimed that Ken Paxton violated a lawyer discipline rule against filing a frivolous pleading. But the way the Texas rule is written may enable Paxton to escape a grievance.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 7, 2020
"A license to practice law is not a license to lie to the public on behalf of a client, whether doing so endangers one individual or the entire body politic," more than 1,500 attorneys said of the Trump campaign lawyers in an open letter.
By C. Ryan Barber | December 3, 2020
"Society expects and requires better from attorneys and officers of the court, who take the oath to uphold the law and comply with their professional and ethical obligations," the prosecutors wrote in the case against Kevin Clinesmith in Washington's federal trial court.
By Mike Scarcella | December 2, 2020
"In the absence of any meaningful evidence, we must condemn the abuse of the judicial system to subvert the democratic process," the former bar leaders said in a statement.
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By Robert Storace | November 19, 2020
"I was a criminal defense attorney, and the past few years of that practice was spent chasing down dollars," said Zils Gagne. "I was constantly after clients to pay their bills."
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By Robert Storace | November 9, 2020
A federal judge Monday afternoon sentenced former Bristol attorney Kevin Creed to 42 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud veterans.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | October 13, 2020
"I commit to you to fully and faithfully applying the law of recusal. And part of that law is to consider any appearance questions, and I will apply the factors that other justices have before me in determining whether the circumstances require my recusal or not," Barrett said. "But I can't offer a legal conclusion right now about the outcome of the decision I would reach."
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By Robert Storace | October 12, 2020
The new report shows the Statewide Grievance Committee disciplined 14 attorneys in March and September.
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