By Colleen Murphy | April 24, 2024
"In imposing only an admonition, the Board weighed, in mitigation, that none of respondent's clients were harmed, he stipulated to his misconduct and consented to discipline, and, most significantly, he has no prior discipline in more than fifty years at the bar," a Disciplinary Review Board letter said.
By Colleen Murphy | April 19, 2024
New Jersey solo practitioner Leah E. Capece retained Litigation Support Services to assist her with a legal matter involving a former partner.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 10, 2024
It's not like it's a Disney one-pass ticket [where] you get on any ride you want," said U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor. "There are unique things about practicing in our court."
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | April 5, 2024
There is no reason to treat out-of-state attorneys differently than in-state attorneys if we want only the more qualified attorneys to receive referrals in specialized areas of work.
By Charles Toutant | March 26, 2024
In a review of recent votes of the Disciplinary Review Board, where the vote on a disciplinary action was not unanimous, Judge Maurice Gallipoli sided with the stricter faction more than half the time.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, and Jim Murdica, outside counsel at Barnes & Thornburg, testified on Monday that they were shocked to find out a former member of their team had been working with plaintiffs' lawyer Andy Birchfield as early as April 2023.
By Charles Toutant | March 14, 2024
The New Jersey Association for Justice is likely to challenge Opinion 745 to the Supreme Court, the group's president said.
By Charles Toutant | March 11, 2024
The attorney set his hourly rate of $500 for estate work, even though he only handled one other estate before this one, the disciplinary board said. He said he arrived at that rate after finding through a Google search that similar work is paid at a rate of $200 to $500.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | March 8, 2024
An explanation of the court's reasoning—whether in an expanded order or in an opinion—would have been helpful and is sorely missed.
By Colleen Murphy | February 21, 2024
"For ten months you did very little to advance E.M.'s case, after you incorrectly assumed that the program had replaced you as the attorney due to your lack of experience," the DRB letter said. "You admitted to failing to pursue E.M.'s disability claim, claiming you negligently 'lost sight of' and 'forgot' about E.M.'s matter."
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