Recent Florida Supreme Court opinion increases referee’s recommended discipline from 90 to 91 day suspension

By Admin | Published February 20, 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 Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent (February 16, 2012) Florida Supreme Court opinion which increased a referee’s recommended discipline from a 90 to a 91 day rehabilitative suspension. The case is: The Florida Bar v. Gwynn, —So.3d—, 2012 WL 489234 (Fla. 2012). The referee found that the lawyer represented Read More

Florida Bar’s Board of Governors will review and vote on proposed trust account rule revisions requiring a written trust account plan

By Admin | Published February 16, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, lawyer trust accounts | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Florida Bar News report that The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors will review and potentially vote on proposed amendments to the Bar’s trust account Rules at its March 23, 2012 meeting in Pensacola. The Disciplinary Procedure Committee has been Read More

Florida Bar’s Board of Governors votes to pursue rule amendments to prohibit actors from portraying “authority figures” in advertisements

By Admin | Published February 14, 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, lawyer advertising | Leave a comment

Hello welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent (January 27, 2012) vote of The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors (BOG) to pursue revisions to change the Bar Rule amendments pending before the Supreme Court of Florida to prohibit the use of actors to portray “authority figures” such as Read More

Illinois Disciplinary Panel Recommends 60-Day Suspension for State Prosecutor Who Pulled Gun on Process Server

By Admin | Published February 13, 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 welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss media reports that an Illinois Bar disciplinary panel has recommended that a former elected Illinois State’s Attorney be suspended from practice for 60 days for pulling a gun on a process server. The case is: In the Matter of: Allen W. Read More

NY lawyer receives 6 month suspension conviction after conviction of misdemeanor larceny for submitting false paid leave request document

By Admin | Published February 9, 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 welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss another New York appellate opinion which suspended a lawyer for 6 months after she pled guilty to one count of petit larceny for falsifying a paid leave request while employed by a New York public school. The case is: In the Matter Read More

Florida Supreme Court Adds Pledge of “Fairness, Integrity, and Civility” to Lawyer’s Oath of Admission

By Admin | Published September 14, 2011 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Oath of Admission | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert which discusses the recent short Supreme Court of Florida Opinion which sets forth the Court’s concerns about “incivility” among lawyers and adds language to the Oath of Admission addressing these concerns. The unanimous Opinion was rendered on September 12, 2011 and became effective immediately. The Opinion Read More

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