Florida Supreme Court opinion makes revisions to Bar Rules related to trust accounts and reporting misconduct in mediation

By Admin | Published April 18, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida lawyer trust accounts, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the very recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida adopting revisions to, inter alia, Bar Rule 5-1.2, Trust Account Records and Procedures and Rule 4-8.3(c) Reporting Professional Misconduct. The amendments will become effective 7/1/12. The Bar proposed various revisions to Rule 5-1.2 Read More

Iowa lawyer suspended for withdrawing minimum fee from trust account and failing or refusing to account for or return funds to client

By Admin | Published April 13, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the April 6, 2012 Supreme Court of Iowa opinion suspending a lawyer for 30 days for withdrawing a $2,500.00 minimum fee from his trust account, failing or refusing to account for the fee when requested to do so by the client, billing for Read More

NY lawyer whose brother misappropriated trust funds is suspended for two years but NY Appeals Court stays suspension pending his appeal

By Admin | Published April 3, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida lawyer trust accounts, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer trust account discipline, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent disciplinary opinion wherein a New York lawyer was suspended for 2 years after his firm employee (and brother) allegedly misappropriated over $4 million of client trust funds as well as the subsequent Order to Show Cause issued by an appellate judge staying Read More

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