A wealth of articles, columns and case digests examining all the various aspects of attorney ethics and discipline, from quick hit news stories to deep analysis to "how to" or cautionary columns and stories.
By Thomas Spigolon | March 6, 2024
The DA's office said defense attorneys failed to prove an "actual" conflict existed from personal relationship with attorney Nathan Wade
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By Mason Lawlor | March 6, 2024
"Closing attorneys serve a vital role for all real estate transactions in Georgia. They are entrusted with protecting their clients during the real estate transaction process. Dickason's actions violated that trust and put many taxpayer-insured FHA mortgages at risk of default," said a HUD-OIG agent.
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By Michael A. Mora | March 6, 2024
"We are appealing to the Florida Supreme Court to provide clarity, so lawyers can understand the intersection of their free speech rights under the Florida and federal constitutions," said David Winker, the attorney for the respondents.
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By Marianna Wharry | March 6, 2024
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By Alani Golanski | March 6, 2024
For instance, law schools could more pointedly offer interdisciplinary rule-of-law—and pedagogy as broadly as they have included law—and subjects within their curricula, a Law Journal columnist writes.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 5, 2024
Provided the judge concludes he/she can be fair and impartial, the judge need not disqualify from a case merely because (a) the complainant is a long-time professional acquaintance of the judge and (b) the defendant has attempted to contact the judge ex parte, accused the judge of corruption and bigotry, threatened the judge's career, and implicitly threatened the judge's family. However, the judge should disclose on the record the substance of any threats of violence by the defendant that were received ex parte.
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By Eden Landow | March 5, 2024
The high court issued two attorney discipline opinions Tuesday.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 4, 2024
May a judge serve as the secretary-treasurer of a not-for-profit organization which owns and operates a cemetery for the descendants of Jewish immigrants? The position oversees investments, maintains a checking account, sends out meeting notices with the annual dues notice, and deposits all funds received. The organization does no fund-raising.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 3, 2024
(1) Where the judge's former law student intern has been hired by a local law firm as a summer associate, and that firm is now appearing before the judge on a case the former intern worked on during the internship, but has notified all parties that the former intern will be insulated from the case, the judge may preside in the case after making full disclosure of the relationship to all parties on the record. (2) The judge is not prohibited from speaking to the former intern on non-work matters during the pendency of the case.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | March 1, 2024
According to the District 12 Grievance Committee report, Ramirez denied to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel he was aware of the facts of the case.
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