By Admin | Published January 11, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: corsmeier, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
Virginia Circuit Court sanctions plaintiff and his lawyer for scheme to delete Facebook activity and covering it up and refers lawyer to Virginia Bar
Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Virginia Circuit Court opinion(s) imposing sanctions on a plaintiff and the plaintiff’s lawyer for deleting information on Facebook and engaging in a cover up related to the deletions. The opinions are Lester v. Allied Concrete Co., CL.08-150, CL09-223 (Va. Cir. Ct. Sept. Read More
Read MoreNew York and D.C Bar ethics opinions address lawyers’ obligations to preserve client confidences when client information is stored in the “cloud”
Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss Ethics Opinions of the New York State Bar and District of Columbia Bar which address the lawyer ethics issues surrounding the storage of confidential client files electronically in the “cloud”. The opinions are New York State Bar Ethics Opinion 842 and District of Columbia Read More
Read MoreSan Diego Bar Opinion addresses propriety of lawyer “friending” represented employees of opposing party on social media to obtain disparaging information
Hello and happy 2012 to everyone! I hope that you had a great New Year’s holiday and now it is back to work for all of us! This JACPA Ethics Alert/blog will discuss the 2011 Opinion of San Diego Bar County Legal Ethics Committee addressing a hypothetical involving a lawyer who represents former employees in Read More
Read MoreConnecticut lawyer tells disciplinary panel and grievance committee that lawyer/client romantic relationships lead to better representation
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent media reports of a Connecticut lawyer who stated to a state lawyer disciplinary panel (and wrote in a brief to the statewide grievance committee) that lawyers who have romantic relationships with their clients provide better representation and that disciplinary rules which Read More
Read MoreFlorida Bar’s Statewide Advertising Committee says that lawyers may not use actors who look like judges to recommend their services in advertisements
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Florida Bar Statewide Advertising Committee decisions on advertising issues. Since I haven’t discussed lawyer advertising recently, I am sure you all are thankful for the change, right? The Statewide Advertising Committee decided that a law firm advertisement may not use an Read More
Read MoreFlorida Bar President sends letter to Florida’s CFO agreeing to collaborate to curtail for-profit referral services improprieties
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert and blog. This is a follow up to my 11/16/11 Ethics Alert and will discuss the recent letter sent by Florida Bar President Scott Hawkins to Florida CFO Jeff Atwater agreeing to collaborate to “curtail any improprieties that (for-profit lawyer referral services) may commit”. The Florida Read More
Read MoreIllinois lawyer accused of sexually related and other inappropriate behavior faces disciplinary complaint and sanctions
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent disciplinary complaint alleging that an Illinois lawyer, inter alia, exposed her chest to female co-workers to get their opinion on her breast augmentation surgery (twice), was intoxicated and exposed her chest to Illinois state workers at a tavern, showed nude Read More
Read MoreIllinois Discipline Board recommends that lawyer be suspended for one year after advertising on Craigslist for “secretary with benefits”
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the report of the Illinois Disciplinary Commission recommending that an Illinois lawyer be suspended for one year for, inter alia, advertising on Craigslist for a “secretary with benefits” and sending an e-mail to an applicant for the position stating that sexual services Read More
Read MoreFlorida Supreme Court increases lawyer’s discipline from 90 day suspension to 3 year suspension for “deliberate and knowing” trust account violations
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court disciplinary opinion wherein the court reversed a referee’s findings that a lawyer did not engage in misrepresentation and increased the recommended discipline from a 90 day suspension to a 3 year suspension. The case is The Florida Bar Read More
Read MoreRecent Pennsylvania Bar Ethics Opinion says storing client information electronically in the ‘cloud’ is permissible with appropriate safeguards
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent (and lengthy) Pennsylvania Bar Association Ethics Opinion which opines that storing confidential client information and documents electronically in the ‘cloud’ is permissible if the lawyer implements appropriate safeguards. The Ethics Opinion is attached. The Pennsylvania Ethics Opinion states that “(a)n Read More
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