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Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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November 6, 2019
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Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer practicing while suspended, Lawyer sanctions
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss a recent disbarment of a lawyer who continued to practice law for 17 years while suspended for failing to pay the annual registration fee. The case is Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Jason Michael Purcell, No. 2651 Disciplinary Docket 3, No. DB 2018 and the Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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October 10, 2019
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Attorney Ethics, Florida Bar, Florida lawyer advertising "411-PAIN", Florida lawyer advertising "Ambulances Chase Us", Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism
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Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida lawyer advertising "411-PAIN", Florida lawyer advertising rules, Florida lawyer advertising rules "Ambulances Chase Us", Florida lawyer ethics, lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Bar Board of Governors (BOG) decisions to uphold the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising (SCA) decision that “Ambulances Chase Us” is deceptive or misleading and reverse an SCA decision that a law firm’s billboards advertising the telephone number “1-800-411-PAIN” are misleading. Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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September 23, 2019
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Attorney discipline, Attorney Ethics, Attorney misrepresentation, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer criminal misconduct sexual abuse by hypnotism, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions stealing from law firm, Lawyer suspension misappropriating fees from law firm
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Iowa Supreme Court opinion which suspended a lawyer for 4 months without the possibility of reinstatement for misappropriating fees from his law firm and stated that “(w)e think the time has come to ratchet up the disciplinary sanctions for nonclient theft.” The Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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August 23, 2019
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attorney advertising, Attorney Ethics, Bar Rule prohibiting misleading law firm information in all advertisements, Florida Bar, Florida Bar rule revision prohibiting misleading law firm information in all advertisements, Florida Lawyer advertising rules, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida Lawyer Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Florida Bar Board of Governors (BOG) approval of revisions to Florida Bar Rules 4-7.13 which would prohibit misleading law firm information in advertisements. The BOG unanimously approved the proposed rule revisions amending Florida Bar Rule 4-7.13 to prohibit misleading digital advertisements. As I Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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August 20, 2019
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Attorney discipline, Attorney Ethics, deceit, Excessive fee, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer derogatory remarks, Lawyer diligence, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer trust account discipline, lawyer trust account rule violations, Lawyer trust accounts, Maryland Court of Appeals disbarment, trust account violations and other negligence
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Maryland Court of Appeals opinion which disbarred a lawyer for, inter alia, engaging in a pattern of mismanaging client trust funds and other trust account violations, failing to appear in court on behalf of several clients, failing to respond to requests by Read More
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July 24, 2019
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Attorney Ethics, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising and solicitation, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer solicitation, Ohio solicitation of workers' compensation stricken
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Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joe corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules, Lawyer advertising solicitation, lawyer solicitation
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion which struck down an Ohio law which prohibited solicitation of potential workers’ compensation claimants as a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The case is Bevan & Associates v. Yost, Case Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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July 22, 2019
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Attorney discipline, Attorney Ethics, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, Florida Bar, Florida Bar lawyer emergency suspension, Florida lawyer emergency suspension, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer burglary and false fee liens disbarment, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer disbarment personal misconduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer permanent disbarment, Lawyer sanctions
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court Order permanently disbarring a Florida lawyer for, inter alia, breaking into his former law firm and the firm’s storage unit, creating a parallel law firm, and filing multiple improper fee liens. The case is The Florida Bar v. Christopher Louis Brady, Read More
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July 17, 2019
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2019 California non-lawyer practice and ownership proposals, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sharing fees with non-lawyers, Non-lawyer ownership of law firms, Non-lawyer practice of law, Non-lawyer practicing law
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent proposals of a State Bar of California task force which would, inter alia, permit legal technicians to offer legal advice and also permit non-lawyers to have a financial interest in law firms. The proposals were approved by the State Bar Board of Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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July 11, 2019
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deceit, dishonesty, Excessive fee, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer excessive fees, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer false testimony, Lawyer improper fees, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer overbilling excessive fees, Lawyer sanctions
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Tennessee Supreme Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for, inter alia, giving a false statement under oath, knowingly testifying falsely in a court proceeding, and seeking an unreasonable fee The case is Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility v. Loring Edward Justice, Case No. E2017-01334-SC-R3-BP. Read More
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jcorsmeierjaclaw
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Published
May 22, 2019
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Attorney Ethics, Bar Rule prohibiting misleading law firm information in all advertisements, Florida Bar, Florida Bar rule revision prohibiting misleading law firm information in all advertisements, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising rules, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation
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Tags: Florida lawyer ethics, misleading conduct, misleading Google adwords, misleading law firm information in lawyer advertisements
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the potential final review of potential revisions to Florida Bar Rules 4-7.13 by the Florida Bar Board of Governors (BOG), which would prohibit misleading law firm information in advertisements. The BOG’s agenda for its May 24, 2019 meeting includes final action on a proposed Read More
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