Illinois imposes one year suspension on (former) law firm partner who falsified and received $69,800.00 in client expense reimbursement

By Admin | Published March 23, 2015 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer expense reimbursement, Lawyer misappropriation, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer misrepresentations to law firm re billings, Lawyer Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, lawyer discipline, Lawyer expense reimbursement fraud | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Illinois Supreme Court Order which imposed a one year suspension on a law firm partner who falsified and received $69,800.00 in client expense reimbursement claims. The case is In re: Lee Mark Smolen, Disciplinary Commission, M.R.27199, No. 2013PR00060 (March 12, 2015). The Read More

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees with referee and rejects disciplinary charges related to alleged improper reimbursement of ABA expenses

By Admin | Published March 26, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer expense reimbursement, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion approving a referee’s report rejecting the imposition of discipline on a lawyer who allegedly sent “compound” (duplicate) reimbursement requests to the ABA. The case is In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Richard J. Podell, Attorney at Law: Read More

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