Applicant who cheated on bar exam denied admission
An applicant who cheated during her bar examination is unfit to be admitted to the practice of law, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. After graduating from law school, the applicant took the July 2011...
View ArticleLawyer loses license over real estate practices
A Richmond, Va. lawyer who had a high-volume real estate practice has surrendered his law license after the state bar found long-time lapses in bookkeeping and registration as a settlement agent. G....
View ArticleAttorney reprimanded for assistant’s mistaken web posting
An attorney in Illinois has been reprimanded for failing to supervise a non-attorney assistant who posted opposing parties’ private information in an electronic filing that ended up on a court’s public...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Attorney suspended for hiding assets from wife
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday suspended an attorney who failed to disclose two pending contingent fee cases as assets in his divorce. “An attorney who commits fraud responding to discovery and...
View ArticleAttorney’s drinking leads to disbarment
Repeated arrests for drunken driving and other “outrageous behavior” must result in an attorney’s disbarment, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. Lewis B. Moon was first arrested in September 2008...
View ArticleShort call not misconduct
A lawyer who took a telephone call from a distraught adversary did not violate the bar’s ethics rules when she did not immediately hang up, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled. The court’s decision...
View ArticleIowa attorneys suspended for house flipping scheme
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended two attorneys who failed to fully disclose that they were behind the purchase of a home their client had foreclosed upon and put up for auction. “[George Qualley...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Dumbbell-wielding defense attorney disbarred
The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday disbarred a former defense attorney who is currently serving a six-year sentence for dropping dumbbells on the head of a former client. “[Brian L.] Pitera’s...
View ArticleTwo-year suspension for attorney who helped client break into her former home
After being caught on a surveillance video while helping a client break into the home of her estranged husband, a New Mexico attorney had his license suspended for two years. On Oct. 28, 2011, divorce...
View ArticleLawyer suspended over poor billing practices
A lawyer who charged a client for six hours of time to prepare his bill – with an additional hour spent searching for the file – was recently suspended by the North Dakota Supreme Court. The decision...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Attorney can’t sue for defamation over bar complaint
Massachusetts’ highest court made clear this week that those who file disciplinary complaints against attorneys enjoy the broadest form of immunity from liability for defamation. “A complainant is...
View ArticleImmunity protects party who files bar complaint
A party who filed a bar complaint enjoyed absolute immunity from liability for defamation, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled. The plaintiff is an attorney. The defendant is a real estate broker...
View ArticleSuspended attorney satisfied standard for rehabilitation
An attorney suspended for misconduct related to a client’s estate made a sufficient showing of his rehabilitation for reinstatement to the practice of law, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled. The...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Lawyer can’t keep passport to ensure payment
The Colorado Supreme Court decided yesterday that an attorney could not hold onto a person’s U.S. passport in order to ensure that he was paid the remainder of his fees. The lawyer, “Attorney G,” was...
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