By Admin | Published December 3, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice | Leave a comment
West Virginia Supreme Court rejects defenses and mitigation of lawyer who beat and “seriously injured” a “defenseless client” with a wooden baseball bat and annuls his license
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent West Virginia Appeals Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for beating a defenseless client with a baseball bat. The case is Lawyer Disciplinary Bd. v. Joshua Robinson, W. Va., No. 35549 (10/25/12). The opinion is at: https://op.bna.com/mopc.nsf/id/kswn-8znlbs/$File/35549.pdf. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Read More
Read MoreIllinois discipline board recommends 2 year suspension for Illinois lawyer/arbitrator’s numerous ex parte communications with counsel for a party and other misconduct
By Admin | Published November 30, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer/arbitrator conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Illinois disciplinary hearing board report and recommendation that an Illinois lawyer/arbitrator be suspended from practice for 2 years for conspiring to keep a public administrative proceeding a secret and engaging in multiple ex-parte communications with three lawyers which “discussed the merits of Read More
Read MoreOhio lawyer receives 1 year suspension for disclosing attorney/client confidential information to former Ohio State University head football coach Jim Tressel
By Admin | Published November 29, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, attorney/client confidentiality, Bar ethics rules, client confidentiality, confidentiality, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice, lawyer confidentiality | 2 Comments
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Ohio Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer for 1 year for disclosing confidential information to former Ohio State University head coach Jim Tressel. The case is Disciplinary Counsel v. Cicero, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5457 (November 28, 2012). The opinion is here: https://www.sconet.state.oh.us/ROD/docs/pdf/0/2012/2012-Ohio-5457.pdf According Read More
Read MoreLouisiana lawyer permanently disbarred for practicing law as in house counsel for WorldCom/Verizon after his disbarment
By Admin | Published November 21, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Communication with clients, deceit, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer lack of communication with client, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer unauthorized practice of law while disbarred | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely reflecting fitness to practice, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Louisiana Supreme Court opinion which permanently disbarred a lawyer who had been disbarred in Louisiana but worked as in house counsel for WorldCom after he was disbarred. The case is In re: James David Turnage, No. 12-B-2008 (November 16, 2012). The opinion Read More
Read MoreIllinois disciplinary board recommends 4 month suspension for state prosecutor who pulled gun on process server attempting to serve a complaint and summons
By Admin | Published November 19, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Prosecutor criminal conduct | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent report and recommendation of the Illinois disciplinary board of a 4 month suspension for prosecutor who pulled a gun on a process server who was attempting to serve him with a summons in a federal lawsuit. The case is In the Read More
Read MoreIdaho lawyer receives public reprimand for filing motion to withdraw stating that a magistrate judge was “lazy, incompetent, biased, prejudiced; or all or some of the above”
By Admin | Published November 12, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer impugning qualifications or integrity of judge, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer impugning integrity of judge | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Idaho State Bar Professional Conduct Board’s public reprimand of a lawyer who filed a motion to withdraw and stating that the judge was “either biased toward them, prejudiced against Counsel, too lazy to actually listen to the recording of the relevant Read More
Read MoreSouth Carolina lawyer/magistrate receives reprimand for stating that he would “beat” a defendant’s “a–” if the defendant called him a liar
By Admin | Published November 9, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the short but interesting recent South Carolina Supreme Court opinion issuing a reprimand to a lawyer who, while acting as a magistrate, told a defendant that he would “beat” his “a–” if the defendant called him a liar. The opinion is In the Read More
Read MoreIllinois disciplinary board recommends 6 month suspension for lawyer who “overreached” on a fee and sent communication to a prosecutor violating attorney/client confidentiality and implicating client
By Admin | Published October 29, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer improper fees, Lawyer lack of competence, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, attorney/client confidentiality, Bar ethics rules, client confidentiality, confidentiality, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer confidentiality | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Illinois disciplinary review board report and recommendation that a criminal defense lawyer receive a 6 month suspension for his misconduct in representing and defending clients in two criminal cases. The disciplinary recommendation/report is In the Matter of: G. Ronald Kesinger, No. 1452908, Read More
Read MoreNorth Dakota lawyer receives reprimand for violating conflict of interest rules in representing both the defendant and victim in a single criminal case and making false statements to prosecutor
By Admin | Published October 23, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Conflict of interest criminal cases, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conflict of interest, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent North Dakota Supreme Court disciplinary opinion reprimanding a lawyer for violating conflict of interest rules by representing both the defendant and victim in a single criminal case and making false statements to the prosecutor. The case is Disciplinary Board of the Read More
Read MoreSouth Carolina lawyer receives reprimand after telling judge that he was retained and later failing to appear and claiming that there was no representation since no fee agreement was signed
By Admin | Published October 12, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Communication with clients, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer lack of communication with client, Lawyer lack of competence, Lawyer lack of diligence, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent South Carolina Supreme Court opinion reprimanding a lawyer for failing to attend court hearings on behalf of a client after telling the judge that he represented the person and then claiming in the discipline case that there was no representation since the Read More
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