Category Archives: deceit

California Supreme Court adopts rule requiring lawyers to report other lawyers who engage in serious misconduct

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the California Supreme Court’s adoption of a Bar Rule requiring lawyers to report other lawyers who engage in dishonesty, fraud, deceit , or reckless or intentional misrepresentation or misappropriation … Continue reading

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West Virginia lawyer’s license is annulled and suspended for, inter alia, billing over 24 hours multiple times

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion annulling the license of a lawyer who admitted that he billed more than 24 hours in a day multiple … Continue reading

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California lawyer sentenced to prison for wire fraud for lying to clients about winning cases and forging court document judges’ signatures

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent sentencing of a California lawyer to 37 months in prison and $254,354.00 in restitution after he pled guilty to wire fraud for lying to clients about winning … Continue reading

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Maryland lawyer disbarred for submitting false expense reports to law firm and making misrepresentations to cover up the misconduct

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Maryland Court of Appeals opinion disbarring a lawyer for misappropriating more than $14,000.00 in law firm funds by submitting false expense reports and making misrepresentations to cover … Continue reading

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Arizona lawyer is suspended for 60 days for coaching client using chat function during virtual trial

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Arizona Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer 60 days for using the “chat” function on the GoToMeeting platform to coach his client in answering questions.  The case … Continue reading

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Florida lawyer suspended for texting and coaching client during a deposition and making misrepresentations regarding the texts

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer for 91 days for sending texts to his client and coaching the client during a deposition and making misrepresentations about … Continue reading

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Two Illinois law firm lawyers are suspended for inflating time spent on client matters

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent suspensions of two Illinois lawyers for inflating their client billings.  A summary of the disciplinary matters by the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission is here: https://www.iardc.org/File/View/1424000?FileName=September%2023%2C%202021%20Announcements.pdf     … Continue reading

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Florida Bar Rule 4-7.18 amendment regarding misleading law firm search terms pending at Florida Supreme Court

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Rule 4-7.18 amendment pending before the Florida Supreme Court which states that a “statement or implication that another lawyer or law firm is part of, is associated with, … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania lawyer suspended after paying clients over $500,000 from own funds for false case results

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspension of a Pennsylvania lawyer for 4 years retroactively for falsely telling four clients that he had resolved their cases and then paying them … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania lawyer disbarred after secretly referring his law firm’s clients to outside lawyers

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court Order disbarring a lawyer after his conviction for defrauding his law firm out of $3.4 million by secretly referring its personal injury clients to … Continue reading

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