Illinois Review Board recommends disbarment for criminal prosecutor who had personal relationships with criminal defendant and a minor witness in another case

By Admin | Published July 1, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer conflict of interest, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Prosecutor criminal conduct, Prosecutorial misconduct ethics | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, lawyer discipline | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which, in keeping with the theme of discipline of former criminal prosecutors, will discuss the recent Report and Recommendation of the Illinois Disciplinary Review Board to uphold the Illinois Hearing Board’s recommendation that a former criminal prosecutor who had personal relationships with a criminal defendant whom he Read More

Florida Supreme Court increases referee’s recommended discipline for multiple Bar Rule violations from 91 day suspension to disbarment

By Admin | Published June 26, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida increasing the referee’s recommended discipline from a 91 day suspension to disbarment. The opinion is The Florida Bar v. Swann, SC11-836 (June 20, 2013). The opinion is attached and is also here: https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2013/sc11-836.pdf. According to the Read More

Florida Supreme Court increases referee’s recommended discipline for multiple Bar Rule violations from 91 day suspension to disbarment

By Admin | Published June 26, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, deceit, dishonesty, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney dishonesty, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier, misrepresentation | Leave a comment

Florida Supreme Court imposes 2 year suspension on former criminal prosecutor who had personal relationship with judge and contact while judge was presiding over his trial

By Admin | Published June 24, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida judge ethics, Florida Judicial Canons, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida Lawyer Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Judicial ethics, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer improper ex parte contact with judge, Lawyer sanctions, Prosecutorial misconduct ethics | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, lawyer discipline | 1 Comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida increasing the referee’s recommended discipline of former criminal prosecutor who had a personal relationship with circuit judge and extensive contact while that judge was presiding over his trial from a 1 year to a 2 Read More

Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee will consider approval of Proposed Advisory Opinion 12-3 on cloud computing ethics at its meeting on June 28, 2013

By Admin | Published June 12, 2013 | Posted in Attorney Ethics, Attorney/client confidentiality, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, Confidentiality and privilege, Florida lawyer cloud computing, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinion cloud computing, Lawyer ethics opinions | 2 Comments

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog with an update on the status of The Florida Bar’s Proposed Advisory Opinion 12-3 on the ethics of cloud computing and protecting client confidences when lawyers want to store records in the digital “cloud” using third party vendors. The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) will consider Read More

New Jersey Review Board recommends that lawyer be disbarred for misappropriating funds from a $3.5 million judgment from his first trial as a fee and other rule violations

By Admin | Published June 3, 2013 | Posted in and fraud, Attorney discipline, Bar rules fee agreements, Contingency fee agreements, deceit, dishonesty, Ethics opinions fee retainers and nonrefundable fees, Excessive fee, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer fee agreements, Lawyer improper fees, Lawyer misappropriation of fees, Lawyer misappropriation of trust funds, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions, lawyer trust account rule violations, Lawyer trust accounts, Lawyer written fee agreements | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline, lawyer trust accounts, retainer agreement | Leave a comment

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

New York lawyers who convinced a client to falsify the facts of her injury and then covered it up are suspended for 9 months

By Admin | Published May 20, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, deceit, dishonesty, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer lack of competence, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, fraud, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New York Appellate Division opinion suspending two lawyers who convinced a client to falsify the facts underlying her injury and then covered it up when another lawyer was retained as co-counsel. The opinion is Matter of Rios (and Levy), 2013 NY Read More

Kentucky Supreme Court opinion finds that lawyer did not disobey obligation to tribunal by ignoring judge’s warnings about his behavior

By Admin | Published May 12, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer disruptive litigation conduct, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, yer disobey order of tribunal | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline, Lawyer disobey order of tribunal, Lawyer disruptive conduct | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Kentucky Supreme Court disciplinary opinion which held that a lawyer’s repeated disruptive behavior and refusal to abide by a judge’s “repeated warnings” to tone down his behavior did not violate the portion of the Kentucky Bar Rule which prohibits a lawyer from Read More

Bar Ethics Committee will decide whether to modify or withdraw Ethics Op. 87-4 which allows lawyers to offer 2 contracts to PI clients

By Admin | Published May 7, 2013 | Posted in Bar rules fee agreements, Contingency fee agreements, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer fee agreements, Lawyer improper fees, Lien resolution | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Ethics Opinions, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Notice in the April 30, 2013 issue of The Florida Bar News advising that the Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) will consider whether to modify or withdraw current Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 87-4, which states that lawyers may offer personal injury Read More

Ohio Ethics Opinion states that lawyers may use text messages to solicit clients if all lawyer advertising rules are followed

By Admin | Published April 26, 2013 | Posted in joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising twitter, Lawyer advertsiing twitter advertising and solicitation, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions | Tagged Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Ohio Ethics Opinion which states that the Ohio Bar rules permit lawyers to use text messages to solicit employment from prospective clients if they comply with the content and disclaimer requirements of the Ohio lawyer advertising rules. The opinion is Read More

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