By Michael A. Mora | May 15, 2024
Local ethics experts weigh in on the attorney's response in this emerging area of disciplinary law.
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"What you're suggesting is that someone, let's say was convicted of a murder and served a 40-year sentence, can come out of state prison and [can] relitigate without that conviction being set aside," Chief Judge Priscilla Richman said.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne | May 15, 2024
Attention to well-being is critical from the perspective of a lawyer's own health and the attorney's law practice.
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 14, 2024
On these facts, a judge may not facilitate the District Attorney's driver diversion program by providing the DA's office with copies of defendants' accusatory instruments in Vehicle and Traffic Law matters.
By Eden Landow | May 14, 2024
The court issued 1 attorney discipline opinion on Tuesday.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 13, 2024
(1) A full-time judge may serve as the administrator of a not-for-profit religious organization's food pantry, and may prepare the pantry's funding applications, but may not personally sign them. The judge must instead designate someone else from within the organization to sign the applications.
By Amanda O'Brien | May 13, 2024
Simmons Hanly Conroy, based in the St. Louis metropolitan area, allegedly filed sham lawsuits and scripted witness testimony, according to plastic pipe manufacturer J-M Manufacturing.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 12, 2024
(1) Once a judge's law clerk's spouse becomes the Public Defender, the judge (a) must completely insulate the law clerk from all cases involving the PD's office, (b) must disclose both the relationship and the insulation, and (c) may thereafter preside in the matter, provided the judge can be fair and impartial, even if a party objects.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | May 10, 2024
"The evidence will show that Mr. Hill was legally justified in his use of force when he and another individual were being confronted and threatened by a person who wielded a knife," Hill's attorney said.
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