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New York Law Journal

The Way Back: Disbarred Lawyers Who Forged New Lives

Every fallen lawyer has or her own story and strategy to move on from the past, but a comeback after the law requires a dose of redemption, an attempt at rehabilitation, and, the ability to resist any temptation to dwell on the past.
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-22

By | November 25, 2016
A judge may read passages from scripture at a religious service, but may not participate in a prison ministry program where inmates sentenced by the judge may be present in the program's group sessions.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-27

By | November 25, 2016
A judicial hearing officer may not write a letter supporting an inmate's efforts to gain parole and/or clemency.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision Denying Reinstatement to Disbarred Attorney Is Backed by Court of Appeals

The state's highest court ruled that the Second Department was best situated to pass judgment on Donald William Leo's attempt to get his license back and that "no abuse of discretion" occurred in the panel's 2014 decision rejecting his reinstatement application.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Rule 3.6 and Local Rules Are Important When Figuring Out What to Say

The rule for pretrial and trial publicity is set forth in Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Responsibility Rule 3.6. That rule essentially prohibits a lawyer from public communication that "will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicate proceeding in the matter." Rule 3.6 then discusses specific information that can and cannot be released both in civil and criminal cases. Under 3.6, there is a safety valve under Section C that a lawyer can make a statement to protect the client from substantial undue prejudicial effect of recent publicity not initiated by the lawyer or the lawyer's client.
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-95/16-107

By | November 23, 2016
A judge may write a letter on behalf of a not-for-profit organization's grant application to assist crime victims, provided the letter describes only the judge's personal knowledge and experience with the organization and is limited to objective facts.
15 minute read

The Recorder

State Auditor Presses Power to Review Judicial Discipline Agency

Lawyers for state Auditor Elaine Howle fired back this week at the Commission on Judicial Performance, arguing that the judicial disciplinary agency has no authority to limit her review of its operations.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyer Techies

The idea that disputes need to be adjudicated in a room in a courthouse with two litigants standing before a judge, each accompanied by a lawyer, when internet-based services such as Modria adjudicate tens of millions of disputes every year for eBay and other online sales platforms, is about as absurd as requiring litigants to ride horses to court wearing morning suits and top hats.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Reprimanded in Multimillion-Dollar Med Mal Case

The Statewide Grievance Panel has issued a reprimand against an attorney from Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, of Bridgeport, in a case filed against her by a family she represented in one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Connecticut.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court: Office-Sharing by Public Defenders Is No Conflict in Custody Matters

New Jersey Appellate Division panel ruled Nov. 22 that there is no automatic conflict of interest when public defenders in the same regional office represent opposing parents arguing about child custody matters.
8 minute read

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