Category Archives: Ethics and lawyer withdrawal

New York State Bar Association ethics opinion states that lawyer can withdraw from representing client because of fear of COVID-19

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) ethics opinion stating that a lawyer can ethically withdraw from representing a client because of the lawyer’s fear of the coronavirus.  … Continue reading

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Florida Supreme Court suspends two lawyers for conflict of interest Bar Rule violations under “hot potato doctrine”

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida suspending two Florida lawyers for 30 days for violating Bar Rules related to conflicts of interest under what is being called … Continue reading

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Ohio lawyer receives 1 year stayed suspension for citing to, inter alia, the client’s “potentially illegal actions” in motion to withdraw

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Supreme Court of Ohio opinion imposing a one-year stayed suspension on a lawyer who filed a motion to withdraw which revealed attorney/client confidential information without the client’s … Continue reading

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Eighth Circuit Appeals Court reverses trial court and permits law firm to withdraw for client’s failure to pay fees and fulfill obligations to lawyer

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversing a trial court order and permitting a law firm to withdraw because of the client’s failure to … Continue reading

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