New York paralegal indicted for allegedly creating more than 100 false settlement orders and forging signatures of 76 judges

By Admin | Published October 20, 2015 | Posted in joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Paralegal misconduct, Paralegal misconduct false orders and judge signatures | Tagged Tags: corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Paralegal misconduct forging judges signatures and falsifying orders | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Indictment of a New York paralegal for allegedly creating more than 100 false structured settlement orders and forging the signatures of 76 supreme court judges. The case is State of New York v. Thomas Rubino and the 234 count Indictment is Read More

Florida Bar will not prohibit non-certified lawyers from making “objectively verifiable” claims of specialization/expertise

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert update which will discuss the fallout from the September 30, 2015 Order and injunction by U.S. Northern District of Florida Judge Robert Hinkle finding that the Florida Bar Rule prohibiting truthful claims of expertise without certification is unconstitutional and enjoining its enforcement. The order is in Searcy et Read More

Florida Supreme Court issues order to show cause and immediately suspends judge who cursed at and fought with public defender

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the October 6, 2015 Florida Supreme Court order which rejected the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) recommendation of a 120 day suspension for a judge who cursed at and fought with a public defender and ordered the judge to “show cause why removal from office is Read More

Federal District Judge enjoins The Florida Bar from enforcing rule prohibiting truthful claims of expertise

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the September 30, 2015 order and injunction issued by a U.S. Northern District of Florida Judge finding The Florida Bar’s rule prohibiting truthful claims of expertise without certification unconstitutional and enjoining their enforcement. The injunction order is in the federal case of Searcy Read More

Florida Supreme Court adopts Bar Rules defining retainer, flat fee and advance fees and clarifying deposits of fees

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida which adopted Bar Rules which define retainer, flat fee and advance fees and clarifying deposit of fees. The opinion is In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar 4-1.5—Fees and Costs for Legal Services, Read More

Florida Supreme Court issues opinion stating that lawyers should be prohibited from accepting referrals from non-lawyer owned referral services

By Admin | Published September 25, 2015 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida Lawyer Referral Services, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer Referral Services | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Revised with corrected link to Supreme Court opinion only. I apologize for any inconvenience. Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida which rejected The Florida Bar’s proposed lawyer referral rules and stated that lawyers should be prohibited from accepting referrals from non-lawyer owned Read More

New York paralegal indicted for allegedly creating more than 100 false orders and forging the signatures of 76 judges

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Indictment of a New York paralegal for allegedly creating more than 100 false judicial orders and forging signatures of 76 judges in structured settlement matters. The case is New York v. Thomas Rubino and the Indictment is online here: https://nylawyer.nylj.com/adgifs/decisions15/091715indictment.pdf According to Read More