Marc Garfinkle

May 31, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

This year's honorees join a long line—well, a short line, really; more like a hyphen—of previous TWITA award winners whose service to the profession has been extraordinary.

By Marc Garfinkle

8 minute read

April 06, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A DIY handbook for going beyond censure. Refer to this guide when you sense you're near the line or you don't know where the line is.

By Marc Garfinkle

8 minute read

February 15, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The attorney disciplinary system in New Jersey is structured to allow—nay, to encourage —treatment and rehabilitation.

By Marc Garfinkle

8 minute read

October 30, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A look at a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in a disciplinary matter, which attracted abundant pubic attention, and where the majority opinion and the dissent — at complete loggerheads — are both right.

By Marc Garfinkle

8 minute read

September 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A brief overview of what happens when a grievance or complaint is filed against you with the Office of Attorney Ethics.

By Marc Garfinkle

15 minute read

July 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Much about an ethics matter is counter-intuitive, especially for litigators. Understand that you are in a different dimension at every interface you have with the OAE.

By Marc Garfinkle

8 minute read

May 29, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In practice, lawyers have two codes of ethics: their personal moral compass, and the Rules of Professional Conduct. Sometimes there is discord between these two ethical guides.

By Marc Garfinkle

16 minute read

April 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Our reputations and our practices are damaged whenever negative information is published in any way. Here are some options for fighting back.

By Marc Garfinkle

16 minute read

March 27, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

TWITA, the acronym for, "That's What I'm Talking About!" is my personal enterprise, whose mission is to identify and acknowledge groups and individuals whose service to lawyers or to the law exemplifies the best of our profession.

By Marc Garfinkle

16 minute read

February 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

This month's column is about a lawyer's imperative to race into the breach to defend the Constitution. Lawyers have a sacred obligation to defend the Union from tyranny.

By Marc Garfinkle

16 minute read