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New York District Court Judge finds that law firm had a duty to preserve e-mails from former client and failure to preserve may result in adverse spoliation instruction

By | Published April 20, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New York U.S. District Court Judge’s opinion which found that the former lawyers for a mortgage company (AmTrust) had an ethical obligation and legal duty to preserve client e-mails relating to their prior representation and the failure to preserve “with a Read More

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Florida Supreme Court opinion makes revisions to Bar Rules related to trust accounts and reporting misconduct in mediation

By | Published April 18, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida lawyer trust accounts, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the very recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida adopting revisions to, inter alia, Bar Rule 5-1.2, Trust Account Records and Procedures and Rule 4-8.3(c) Reporting Professional Misconduct.  The amendments will become effective 7/1/12. The Bar proposed various revisions to Rule 5-1.2 Read More

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Former Maricopa County Arizona Attorney and deputy are disbarred for “dishonesty” and “abuse of power”

By | Published April 16, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the April 10, 2012 opinion of an the Arizona Supreme disciplinary panel (which was made up of individuals appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation) disbarring a controversial Maricopa County Attorney and one of his deputies and suspending another deputy Read More

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New York lawyer disbarred for misconduct and felony conviction related to mortgage fraud scheme

By | Published April 11, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the April 3, 2012 New York Appellate Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for misconduct related to the lawyer’s involvement in a mortgage fraud ring and conviction of felony charges related to the same misconduct. According to the opinion, the lawyer was disbarred after Read More

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The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Referral Services reviews restrictions on for-profit lawyer referral entities

By | Published April 9, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which discusses the recent article in The Florida Bar News which reviewed the March 9, 2012 meeting of The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Referral Services wherein the committee reviewed and discussed various options to impose restrictions on lawyers’ affiliation with for-profit referral services. According Read More

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Pennsylvania lawyer disbarred for borrowing funds from client to open a strip club and failing to comply with Pa. Bar Rules

By | Published April 6, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Ethics business tranactions with clients, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer business transcations with clients, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court disciplinary opinion disbarring a lawyer for violating numerous Pennsylvania Bar rules related to business transactions with clients when he solicited and obtained a $25,000.00 loan from a client to finance a business and failed to disclose that the Read More

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Washington Court of Appeals opinion finds that lawyer improperly contacted opposing party who said she was going to obtain a new lawyer

By | Published March 30, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent Washington Court of Appeals opinion which found that a lawyer who responded to an e-mail from a represented opposing party who complained that her lawyer was acting against her wishes and stated that she would obtain a new lawyer violated the Washington Read More

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