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Georgia Supreme Court Rejects 1 Voluntary Petition, Accepts Another

By | April 03, 2017
The court released opinions on the discipline of two attorneys, accepting one petition for voluntary discipline but rejecting the other.
21 minute read

Daily Report Online

Legislature Redraws Judicial Watchdog Agency for a Second Time

During the final week of the Georgia General Assembly's 2017 session, legislators approved an enabling bill redrawing the Judicial Qualifications Commission for the second time in a year, expanding and bifurcating the commission based on a model promoted by the American Bar Association and incorporating new transparency requirements.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Censure Recommended Again for Town Justice

A town court judge in Oneida County should be censured for adding his "judicial clout and imprimatur" to a motorist's request before another judge to change a plea in traffic case, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

5 South Florida Attorneys Disciplined by Supreme Court

A suspended Plantation attorney had more than 50 open Florida Bar investigations against him.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer Guilty of Mortgage Fraud, Jury Decides

After a weekslong trial, a New Jersey attorney was convicted March 30 by an Essex County jury of taking part in a mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly netted her and others about $875,000.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Firms Can Bill Higher Rates for Nonlawyers' Time as Long as It's in the Fee Agreement

When either a paralegal or perhaps a contract or independent attorney does work for a firm can be an issue. A firm pays the individual, say $30 or $40 an hour, but then the firm bills the time at an associate or partner's rate of say $250 or $300 an hour. Although that has been done at times, the misconduct could create serious disciplinary consequences.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Porter Wright Sued for Legal Malpractice

Two Russian brothers have filed a legal malpractice suit against Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and its Naples managing partner alleging they should have disclosed the existence of millions of dollars in real estate judgments against another client before the brothers invested $5 million with him.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$1M Judgment Against Lawyer 'No Longer Open for Debate'

For attorney Feng Li, the recent good news of being spared disbarment in New York in connection with a client fee fight was followed closely by bad news: A New Jersey appeals court declined to disturb a $1 million judgment against him, and said the issue of his owing the money is "simply no longer open for debate."
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Big Law Partner Still Angry After SEC Fraud Claims Tossed

William Uchimoto, a former partner at Buchanan Ingersoll, Saul Ewing and Stevens & Lee, says the only one guilty of misconduct in his case was the SEC.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Facebook Photo of Judge Holding Beverage Is Not Proof of DWI Release Violation, Judge Says

A photograph posted on Facebook showing a judge holding an beverage at a Thanksgiving gathering in which family members were drinking is insufficient to prove that she violated post-release terms of an earlier drunken-driving conviction, a court ruled.
6 minute read

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