Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal holds that in camera review is required before court can require privileged documents to be produced

By Admin | Published May 14, 2013 | Posted in Client privileged documents in camera review, Confidentiality and privilege, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer confidentiality, Privilege and confidentiality | 2 Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal granting a petition for writ of certiorari quashing a discovery order compelling the production of allegedly privileged documents without first conducting an in camera inspection todetermine whether the privilege applies. The opinion 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

Recent Notice of Proposed Florida Bar Board of Governors Actions contains important potential changes to the Florida Bar Rules

By Admin | Published May 5, 2013 | Posted in Bar rules fee agreements, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Cinco de Mayo Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Notice of Proposed Board Actions which has some important proposed amendments to the Florida Bar Rules. The Notice is on page 4 of the 4/30/13 Florida Bar News and also: https://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/jnnews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/b30ead230120050a85257b550045a451!OpenDocument Pursuant to its Standing Policies, the Board 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

New York lawyer suspended for 1 year for inter alia, making a paralegal signatory on her trust account, failing to supervise the paralegal who stole trust funds, lying, and covering up the theft

By Admin | Published April 19, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer supervision of non-lawyers, Lawyer trust account discipline, lawyer trust account rule violations, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer discipline, Lawyer failure to supervise non lawyer, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent opinion of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division suspending a lawyer for one (1) year for making her paralegal signatory on her trust account, failing to supervise a paralegal who stole trust funds and then covering up the theft, lying to Read More

Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising issues proposed advisory opinion which cautions lawyers against using “hidden text” or another firm’s name in a website page “metatag”

By Admin | Published April 8, 2013 | Posted in Florida Bar proposed advertising advisory opinion metatags and SEO, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, lawyer blogs, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer websites, Lawyer websites deceptive and misleading practices for SEO, Lawyer websites metatag, Lawyer websites search engine optimization | Tagged Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida Bar Ethics Opinions, joseph corsmeier, lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent draft Proposed Advisory Opinion A-12-1 by the Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising which cautions lawyers on certain search engine optimization (SEO) tactics for websites, including using “hidden text” and using another law firm’s name in a website page “metatag”. The proposed Read More

Florida Supreme Court rejects referee’s recommendation of suspension and disbars two lawyers whose bookkeeper allegedly misappropriated thousands of dollars from their trust account

By Admin | Published April 3, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida lawyer trust accounts, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer trust account discipline, lawyer trust account rule violations, Lawyer trust accounts | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts, trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Supreme Court of Florida lawyer disciplinary opinion rejecting a referee’s recommendation of suspension and disbarring two lawyers whose bookkeeper allegedly misappropriated thousands of dollars from the trust account; notwithstanding their acknowledged efforts to make the clients whole. The cases are: The Read More

Georgia Supreme Court says reprimand is insufficient when, inter alia, a lawyer uses confidential client information to rebut client’s negative reviews on the internet

By Admin | Published April 1, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney/client confidentiality, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer revealing client confidential information on internet, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, attorney/client confidentiality, Bar ethics rules, client confidentiality, confidentiality, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer confidentiality, lawyer discipline | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Supreme Court of Georgia disciplinary opinion rejecting a proposed reprimand for a lawyer who, inter alia, posted confidential client information on the internet in response to the client’s negative review on “consumer websites”. The case is In the Matter of Margrett 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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