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Lawyer, Class Action Targeting Closing Firm Title Source Dismissed

An attorney who was the sole remaining defendant in a putative class action accusing a mortgage closing firm of violating federal and state law in conducting witness-only real estate closings has been dismissed and the suit dropped after a federal magistrate recommended that she—like the other defendants—be granted summary judgment on the claims.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Pa. Lawyer Who Wasn't Faces Sentencing After Years of Deception

Kimberly Kitchen's past began to unspool two years ago. Kitchen was, by all accounts, a generous member of the Huntingdon community whose volunteer work with charitable organizations made her a familiar face around town. She was also a forger who practiced law without a license, for which she was found guilty in March of two misdemeanors and a felony. As she prepares to be sentenced Tuesday, the Huntingdon County bar is picking up the pieces left behind by her ruse.
21 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Avoid being placed on inactive status.

I practice in another jurisdiction, so I allowed my Pennsylvania law license to be placed on inactive status about 12 years ago. I recently saw that I am listed as administratively suspended. I don't understand how inactive status went to a suspension. Could you explain?
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-13

A newly appointed part-time attorney judge may not continue to represent a client on cases which not only originated in the judge's court, but were previously handled by the inquiring judge's predecessor on that court, and were transferred to another local court only after the inquiring judge assumed the bench.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-220

The committee cannot comment on any legal questions. However, if applicable law permits judges to delegate authority, to accept guilty pleas and set fines, to court clerks who serve in a municipality's traffic violations bureau, then it would also be ethically permissible for the judges to delegate that authority under the applicable statutory scheme.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-16

A judge who presided over two related civil actions may preside over the losing party's subsequent malpractice action against its former counsel, only if the judge believes he/she can be fair and impartial.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Disciplinary Counsel Leaving Office for Private Firm

Desi Imetovski, an attorney in the state Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, has announced plans to leave for private practice, the second resignation from the office in the past few weeks.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Upholds Disqualification of Attorneys in Waffle House CEO Extortion Case

The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a Cobb County judge's disqualification of the lawyers representing the housekeeper of Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers, who is locked in litigation with the housekeeper, Mye Brindle, over what he claims were efforts to extort him with a secretly recorded video of the two engaged in a sex act. Brindle and her lawyers are also facing criminal charges in Fulton County over the incident.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

In Life, Tides Turn and Winds Shift

Joining the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel has been amazing. The work is incredibly challenging. It is important work. You may have heard me joke about 'culling the herd,' but really, I just shepherd the strays back to the flock.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Peoples

No Conflict of Interest Where Attorney Indicted After Defendant's Conviction
5 minute read

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