Category Archives: Lawyer sanctions stealing from law firm

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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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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