Category Archives: Lawyer fraud

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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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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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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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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Pennsylvania lawyer disbarred after practicing law for 17 years while under administrative suspension

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss a recent disbarment of a lawyer who continued to practice law for 17 years while suspended for failing to pay the annual registration fee.  The case is Office of Disciplinary … Continue reading

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Iowa lawyer suspended for 4 months without possibility of reinstatement for misappropriating fees from his law firm

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Iowa Supreme Court opinion which suspended a lawyer for 4 months without the possibility of reinstatement for misappropriating fees from his law firm and stated that “(w)e … Continue reading

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Tennessee lawyer disbarred for, inter alia, false and exaggerated time entries and making false statements in court under oath

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Tennessee Supreme Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for, inter alia, giving a false statement under oath, knowingly testifying falsely in a court proceeding, and seeking an unreasonable … Continue reading

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Illinois disciplinary complaint alleges that lawyer lied about cancer to obtain delays in litigation and justify LSAT score

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Illinois disciplinary complaint that alleges that a lawyer falsely claimed that both he and a nonexistent son had stomach cancer in multiple false statements that began when … Continue reading

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Florida lawyer suspended for hijacking former firm’s e-mail accounts and making disparaging comments on Facebook

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent Florida Supreme Court Order suspending a lawyer for, inter alia, hijacking his former firm’s e-mail accounts and making disparaging comments on Facebook.  The Supreme Court Order is here:  9/20/18 Florida … Continue reading

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