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Ethics opinions fee retainers and nonrefundable fees
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June 3, 2013
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board opinion recommending disbarment of a lawyer for misappropriating proceeds from a multi-million judgment that he obtained after his first jury trial. The disciplinary opinion is In the Matter of Feng Li, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Read More
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October 3, 2012
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Attorney discipline, Ethics opinions fee retainers and nonrefundable fees, Excessive fee, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Iowa disciplinary case suspending an Iowa lawyer for one month for failing to deposit client funds into her trust account after she was reported to the Iowa Bar by her former paralegal. The case is Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board Read More
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August 17, 2012
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Attorney discipline, Ethics opinions fee retainers and nonrefundable fees, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer ethics opinions nonrefundable fees
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Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 93-2, which discusses, inter alia, the propriety and effect of the designation of a fee as “non-refundable”. As I reported in a recent Ethics Alert, the Rules Committee of the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors voted not to move forward Read More
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