By Admin | Published January 23, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Communication with clients, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer lack of communication with client, Lawyer lack of diligence | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, communication with client, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer failure to communicate | Leave a comment
West Virginia lawyer receives 30 day suspension for failing to move to correct sentencing order after repeated requests and promises to do so and after being admonished 5 previous times for similar misconduct
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion imposing a 30 day suspension on a lawyer who failed to communicate with a client on multiple occasions, failed to follow through to correct a sentencing order, and failed to respond to the Bar Read More
Read MoreSouth Carolina Supreme Court imposes 2 year suspension on lawyer who, inter alia, failed to comply with trust account rules and failed to properly supervise two paralegals who misappropriated trust funds
By Admin | Published January 16, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conflict of interest, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer lack of diligence, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer supervision of non-lawyers, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer diligence, lawyer trust accounts, trust accounts | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent South Carolina Supreme Court Opinion imposing a 2 year suspension upon a lawyer who, inter alia, failed to properly supervise two paralegals who separately misappropriated trust funds, violated trust account rules, engaged in a business transaction with a client without the Read More
Read MoreWisconsin Supreme Court imposes one year suspension on lawyer for greatly inflating his billable hours to qualify for almost $50,000.00 in law firm bonuses
By Admin | Published January 9, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, deceit, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer misrepresentations to law firm re billings, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer misrepresenatations to law firm related to billings | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion imposing a one year suspension a lawyer who inflated his billable hours to qualify for bonuses from his law firm. The case is: In the Matter of Matthew C. Siderits, Case No. 2011AP259-D (1/4/13). The opinion is online Read More
Read MoreIllinois Hearing Board recommends disbarment for former Florida lawyer convicted of Florida felony crimes and federal crimes of tampering with and threatening witnesses who were members of his family
By Admin | Published January 7, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone! Happy 2013 and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Illinois Disciplinary Hearing Board Report and Recommendation that a lawyer be disbarred after his conviction of multiple Florida criminal acts and for his federal conviction for threatening one witness (his then wife) and tampering with another witness (his son) while Read More
Read MoreNorth Dakota Supreme Court suspends lawyer for an additional 6 months for failing to notify “like 9,450 clients” of his prior disciplinary suspension
By Admin | Published December 21, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer failure to notify clients of suspension | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent North Dakota Supreme Court opinion which imposed a 6 month suspension on a lawyer who failed to notify clients of a previous suspension although he executed an affidavit attesting that he done so. The North Dakota disciplinary case is In re Loren Read More
Read MoreIndiana Supreme Court suspends lawyer for six months with all but sixty days stayed for using trust account for both personal and client related expenses after IRS placed lien on his personal account
By Admin | Published December 19, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts, trust accounts | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Indiana Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer for six months with all but sixty days stayed for using his trust account for personal and client-related expenses after the IRS placed a lien on his personal account. The case is In the Matter Read More
Read MoreSupreme Court of Ohio opinion imposes stayed 2 year suspension on a lawyer who misappropriated almost $70,000.00 from his client trust account to “lend” to his wife
By Admin | Published December 17, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misappropriation of trust funds, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts, trust accounts | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Supreme Court of Ohio opinion which imposed a stayed 2 year suspension on a lawyer who took almost $70,000.00 from his trust account to “lend” to his wife to start a private investigator business. The case is Disciplinary Counsel v. Steve J. Read More
Read Morelllinois discipline board recommends that former criminal prosecutor who engaged in inappropriate conduct toward a minor defendant and minor victim in separate criminal cases be disbarred
By Admin | Published December 10, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Prosecutor criminal conduct, Prosecutorial misconduct ethics | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss very recent report and recommendation of an Illinois discipline board that a former criminal prosecutor who engaged in inappropriate conduct with a defendant and victim in separate criminal cases should be disbarred. The case is In the Matter of Hunter Logan, Illinois Disciplinary Read More
Read MoreNew York lawyer resigns after admitting that she forged judges’ signatures on multiple witness subpoenas
By Admin | Published December 6, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, deceit, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer resignation in lieu of discipline/disbarment, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, lawyer resignation in lieu of discipline | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and happy St. Nicholas Day! Welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent resignation of a New York lawyer after she was charged with forging judge’s signatures on multiple witness subpoenas. The case is Matter of Theresa Lizio, 2012 NY Slip Op. 08240 (11/29/12). The opinion is online at: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-first-department/2012/4177.html According Read More
Read MoreWest Virginia Supreme Court rejects defenses and mitigation of lawyer who beat and “seriously injured” a “defenseless client” with a wooden baseball bat and annuls his license
By Admin | Published December 3, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent West Virginia Appeals Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for beating a defenseless client with a baseball bat. The case is Lawyer Disciplinary Bd. v. Joshua Robinson, W. Va., No. 35549 (10/25/12). The opinion is at: https://op.bna.com/mopc.nsf/id/kswn-8znlbs/$File/35549.pdf. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Read More
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