By Jane Wester | September 18, 2023
Robert Wisnicki was a founding attorney of two small law firms before he resigned from the New York bar in 2022 amid investigations into the improper use of his IOLA accounts.
By Michael A. Mora | September 18, 2023
"Prosecutorial misconduct not only strikes at the heart of our criminal justice system but also at the legal profession's core value of the fair administration of justice," said Jan Jacobowitz, a leading ethics expert at the University of Miami School of Law.
By Colleen Murphy | September 18, 2023
An associate with a Manhattan law firm has been reprimanded in New Jersey over his financial recordkeeping and an impermissible firm name he used while working as a solo practitioner in Manalapan, both of which were revealed during a 2016 random audit.
By Ross Todd | September 18, 2023
I still have a half-decade-old voicemail message from Girardi on my phone. Is it evidence of a lawyer who's slipping, or covering for himself?
By Ross Todd | September 18, 2023
I still have a half-decade-old voicemail message from Girardi on my phone. Is it evidence of a lawyer who's slipping, or covering for himself?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | September 17, 2023
(1) Once a judge's first-degree non-lawyer relative, a college student, accepts an internship with a private law firm, the judge must disclose the relationship when the law firm appears before the judge and determine whether the relative has or had any involvement with the case. If the relative is or was involved in the case, the judge is disqualified, subject to remittal if the judge's relative will remain permanently absent from the courtroom. Otherwise, if the relative had no involvement, the judge may preside after disclosure, provided the judge can be fair and impartial.
By Cedra Mayfield | September 15, 2023
"During your time being employed at the clerk's office with Judge Peterson, has she ever gone over with or trained you on the Uniform Rules of the Probate Court?," asked Judicial Qualifications Commission Director Courtney Veal.
By Charles Toutant | September 15, 2023
"Mr. Lisa has accepted full responsibility for his misconduct. He looks forward to the future and rebuilding his life at his age of 68 years," John Whipple, his lawyer, said.
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By Emily Cousins | September 15, 2023
It was revealed after a presentment to the Superior Court that Lowell Sidney is not and has never been a Connecticut-licensed attorney, the order said.
By Cassandre Coyer | September 15, 2023
Legaltech News looked at some recent decisions, orders and trends that can help legal professionals better understand what exactly constitutes appropriate use of social media.
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