Category Archives: dishonesty

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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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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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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New Jersey lawyer suspended for, inter alia, revealing confidential information in review of former client’s business

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent New Jersey Supreme Court opinion which imposed a one year suspension on a lawyer for, inter alia, providing a negative public review of a client’s business on Yelp and … Continue reading

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Illinois disciplinary complaint alleges that law firm partner double billed clients and charged personal expenses to firm

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Illinois disciplinary complaint which alleges that a now former law firm partner double billed clients more than $108,674.00 and improperly charged personal expenses of $78,790.43 to the … Continue reading

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Florida woman who failed the Florida Bar examination and started fictitious law firm charged with federal felonies

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss federal criminal charges filed against a woman who failed the Florida Bar examination, started a fraudulent law firm, engaged in the unlicensed practice of law, and committed aggravated identity … Continue reading

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