Legal Ethics & Attorney Discipline

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.

  • Texas Lawyer

    Texas AG to Serve 100 Hours of Community Service, Avoid Trial

    By Adolfo Pesquera | March 26, 2024

    Asked why Ken Paxton was paying restitution to victims if he was innocent, defense attorney Dan Cogdell said, "It's cheaper than what he would've had to pay me if we went to trial."

    3 minute read

  • Legaltech News

    E-Discovery Law Update: Georgia Lawyer Disbarred After Putting Fake Email Into Evidence

    By David Horrigan, Relativity | March 26, 2024

    Disbarred over e-discovery violations? Yes. David-Vega is important because the case illustrates the very serious consequences of serious discovery abuse.

    5 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    E-Discovery Law Update: Georgia Lawyer Disbarred After Putting Fake Email Into Evidence

    By David Horrigan | March 26, 2024

    Disbarred over e-discovery violations? Yes. David-Vega is important because the case illustrates the very serious consequences of serious discovery abuse.

    5 minute read

  • Law.com

    'I Was Kind of Dumbfounded': J&J Lawyers Testify in Talc Disqualification Hearing

    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.

    6 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-89

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 25, 2024

    A judge is not disqualified from presiding in a wrongful death and civil rights action arising out of an incident in a county facility, merely because the underlying events occurred while the judge was a county legislator who voted on the county budget. Under the circumstances, disclosure is entirely discretionary.

    5 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    What to Watch for at Ex-DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark's Ethics Hearing This Week

    By Avalon Zoppo | March 25, 2024

    The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel has accused Clark of attempting to engage in conduct involving dishonesty that would interfere with the administration of justice for his alleged role in Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

    6 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    What to Watch for at Jeffrey Clark's DC Bar Ethics Hearing Over Proposed Letter to Ga. Lawmakers

    By Avalon Zoppo | March 25, 2024

    The former DOJ official is accused by the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of attempting to engage in conduct involving dishonesty that would interfere with the administration of justice by proposing to send a letter to Georgia lawmakers declaring the DOJ found significant "irregularities" in the state's 2020 presidential election results.

    6 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-88

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 24, 2024

    (1) A full-time judge who is, along with their siblings, a beneficiary of their parent's estate may (a) assist the sibling who is serving as executor in selecting an attorney for the estate; (b) review documents relating to the estate and the probate proceedings; (c) discuss the estate and the proceedings with the other sibling beneficiaries; and (d) provide free legal advice to their siblings, including the executor, regarding the estate and the proceedings. However, the judge may not represent their siblings or the estate, nor participate in meetings with estate counsel.

    5 minute read

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Court Revives Contract Claims Against 2 Lawyers Accused of Providing Ineffective Counsel

    By Aleeza Furman | March 22, 2024

    "The agreement is for you to do the job at a professional standard. I don't think that's a surprise," Ellen Brotman said. "It sounds like the attorneys here had a creative argument about why that isn't so or wasn't so in this case, and the court didn't accept it."

    3 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-87

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 21, 2024

    Where a court attorney-referee initially declines to consider an ex parte application from an attorney asking the referee to issue an order nunc pro tunc to rectify the attorney's failure to timely file documents, and then denies the same application when made by motion on notice to all parties, the referee need not take any action unless the referee determines that the attorney's actions constitute a "substantial violation" of the Rules of Professional Conduct. If so, the referee also has full discretion to determine what action is "appropriate" under the circumstances.

    8 minute read

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