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 Lisa Willis | January 10, 2024
"When you keep it in and just deal with it yourself, it's never going go well," said a suspended Florida attorney now in drug rehab.
9 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 9, 2024
Where a judge was represented by private counsel in a hybrid Article 78 proceeding that has since concluded, must the judge continue to disclose or disqualify in matters involving the judge's private attorneys and/or other members of their law firm?
2 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 8, 2024
(1) For two years after the representation is completely terminated and all fees are paid, a judge is disqualified, subject to remittal, from all matters in which an attorney who personally represented the judge appears before the judge, and the judge must disclose the former representation when other attorneys from the same law firm appear before the judge.
7 minute read
By Emily Cousins | January 8, 2024
"I was on vacation, landlocked salmon fishing. ... Anyway, I was away. I will send you my response to this terrible offense next week," the respondent wrote in an email to bar counsel.
6 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 8, 2024
Whistleblower plaintiffs' attorneys Joseph Knight and T.J. Turner told the Third District that the agreement the attorney general seeks to enforce "was expressly contingent on events that never happened."
4 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 7, 2024
A judicial candidate may appear in joint campaign advertisements only with candidates who make up the slate of which the judicial candidate is a part. Candidates are on the same slate if they (a) have been endorsed by the same political party and/or (b) will appear on the same political party's ballot line.
6 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | January 5, 2024
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Los Angeles unsealed her competency order, concluding that the arguments of Girardi's lawyers were "wholly lacking in credibility," and some evidence showed "no more than normal age-related decline."
5 minute read
By Mark Dubois | January 5, 2024
The Lawyers' Principles should be in the front of the Practice Book, along with a revised lawyer's oath and focus on compliance.
5 minute read
By Ellen C. Brotman | January 5, 2024
This year, I'm departing from that tradition to predict the future in the field of attorney discipline. However, for those of you who like your new year column with a side order of resolutions—I promise, you will find some throughout!
7 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 4, 2024
A part-time town justice may serve as a Nurse Clinic Manager for a county correctional facility in the same county, but must disqualify from any matter involving an inmate for whom the judge personally reviewed the inmate's medical file or otherwise personally participated in the inmate's care, either directly or as a supervisor.
4 minute read
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