All lawyers are all sworn to uphold the law and abide by a code of ethics. And because they're supposed to know better, a majority of them manage to make it through the year without getting disciplined, arrested, indicted or sent to prison. But a few of them don't. Corporate Counsel has compiled a list of the five recent allegations and subsequent punishments dished out over the past six months. The following, are some of the best-read articles we published during the year. All of the lawyers on the list are considered innocent until proven guilty—or in the case of bar discipline, until their administrative appeals run out.
Timothy Muir, former general counsel of AMG Services Inc., was found guilty Oct. 13 on 14 counts against him.
James Patrick Stanton, a former executive with MaintenX International, was accused of secretly videotaping female employees in the company's bathroom stalls and showers.
A Massachusetts man got in trouble this week for falsely claiming he was an in-house lawyer. He's not the first to fib about in-house credentials.
A Barnes & Thornburg partner in Atlanta who faced possible disbarment for fraudulently billing a corporate client tens of thousands of dollars instead will be suspended for two years, the Georgia Supreme Court says.
Kim Sinatra allegedly had a hand in concealing a multimillion-dollar settlement with a woman who claimed former Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn forced her to have sex with him.