By Marianna Wharry | October 11, 2022
Section 12.3(a) of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for the immediate summary suspension of an attorney's license to practice law in cases where an attorney fails to respond to Disciplinary Counsel concerning a complaint of misconduct.
By Andrew Denney | October 7, 2022
Town of Lloyd Justice Terry Elia "liked" at least 12 LinkedIn posts indicating support for police and six political posts via his public profile on the platform over 2020 and 2021, including a post contrasting the supposed policies of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump stating that Biden supports "killing babies."
By Charles Toutant | October 7, 2022
The public reprimand of his client "has very little meaning" given that Arthur Bergman had taken an early retirement for medical reasons, said Bruce Nagel, the lawyer representing the judge.
By Brad Kutner | October 7, 2022
"I spent a year working alongside three co-clerks and one judge who had fantastically different instincts than me on everything," said former Scalia counter clerk Gil Seinfeld.
By Brad Kutner | Avalon Zoppo | October 6, 2022
A meeting of the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules is set to take place in the coming week, and two groups have recently brought a disclosure issue to their attention.
By Brian Lee | October 6, 2022
A Rensselaer city judge used an email address on court filings and legal correspondences that identified her as a judge and, in one instance, attested to her client's signature on a court document on which she crossed out "notary public" and wrote "city court judge," the commission found.
By Marianna Wharry | October 5, 2022
Michigan's Board of Attorney Discipline declined to extend an attorney's 60-day suspension, despite affirming a hearing panel's misconduct findings in full, including that the lawyer violated ethics canons by writing in a brief that the judiciary was acting "as the bitch for the opposing party."
By Cedra Mayfield | October 4, 2022
Weeks before his scheduled appearance before the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia's Hearing Panel, suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer has filed a half-dozen motions in limine.
By Cedra Mayfield | September 30, 2022
"Code section 21-2-6 allows the challenge here because 'qualifications,' as that term is used in the statute, includes all of the prerequisites for seeking and holding office," read the high court's decision. "The substitute candidate did not properly qualify to seek office, so the Board lacked authority to put him on the ballot."
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | Christine Charnosky | September 29, 2022
"I very much doubt that any liberal-leaning students had any desire to clerk for him, so his decision ironically only adversely impacts conservative-leaning Federalist Society members who agree with him ideologically," one Yale law student said.
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