Florida Supreme Court increases referee’s recommended admonishment for minor misconduct to a 91 day suspension

By Admin | Published March 22, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the very recent Florida Supreme Court opinion wherein the Court increased a referee’s discipline of a Florida lawyer from an admonishment to a 91 day rehabilitative suspension for misrepresenting facts in an affidavit filed with the court and attempting to limit his liability for Read More

The Florida Bar finds no probable cause to proceed on trust account allegations against KEL law firm partners related to money scam

By Admin | Published March 20, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier, lawyer advertising, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent media reports that The Florida Bar no probable cause to proceed against partners in Orlando’s KEL law firm related to Bar rule violations related to an international money scam in which the law firm was defrauded of more than $285,000.00. The Read More

New Mexico lawyer videotaped breaking into client’s ex-husband’s home and asking client for a hug is convicted of theft and trespassing

By Admin | Published March 19, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent media reports about a New Mexico divorce lawyer who helped his female client break into her ex-husband’s home, was videotaped asking the client for a hug during the crime, and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor larceny and trespassing. He was recently Read More

Ohio lawyer receives 12 month suspension for improper ex parte communications and dishonesty in divorce cases

By Admin | Published March 15, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | 1 Comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Ohio Supreme Court opinion which suspended an Ohio lawyer for 12 months for engaging in improper ex parte communications with judges and engaging in “a course of conduct that was replete with dishonest, deceptive, and disrespectful acts”. The opinion is: Ohio Disciplinary Read More

Recent federal Second Circuit Opinion strikes part of New York Bar rule requiring certified lawyers to make disclosures as unconstitutional

By Admin | Published March 8, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier, lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising rules | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals opinion which found that parts of a New York Bar rule requiring lawyers who claim to be certified specialists to make certain disclosure statements were violations of the free speech provisions of the First Amendment of the Read More

Recent NY Ethics Opinion concludes that if one joint client revokes consent a lawyer is not always required to drop the other client(s)

By Admin | Published March 6, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New York opinion which concludes that when one joint client revokes consent to conflict, the representation of other joint client(s) does not always have to be terminated. The opinion is: New York State Bar Ass’n Comm. on Professional Ethics, Op. 903, January Read More

Illinois lawyer receives 60 day suspension for disparaging judges, violating client confidentiality on blog, and failing to correct client’s false sworn statements

By Admin | Published February 29, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this Leap Day edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the Illinois assistant public defender who was charged with revealing identities and confidences of criminal defendant clients in her blog, disparaging judges, and failing to advise the court of a client’s false statements with regard to the use of Read More

Guidelines for Lawyer Networking Sites were revised and posted on The Florida Bar’s website on January 10, 2012

By Admin | Published February 24, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney advertising rules, Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar Advertising Rules, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer advertising rules | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the revisions to the Guidelines for Networking Sites which were posted on The Florida Bar’s website www.floridabar.org on January 10, 2012. The Guidelines for Networking Sites were initially approved by the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising after the Supreme Court Read More

Federal 9th Circuit says it won’t remove an Arizona federal prosecutor’s name from its opinion finding that he committed misconduct at trial

By Admin | Published February 22, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which is an update of my January 23, 2012 Ethics Alert and will discuss recent Federal 9th Circuit’s recent amended opinion which refused to remove a prosecutor’s name form an opinion finding that the prosecutor committed misconduct and criticized the U.S. Attorney’s Office for trying. The Read More

New York State Bar Association Opinion says that NY lawyers are prohibited from working for out of state law firms owned by non-lawyers