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Florida Supreme Court increases referee’s recommended sanction of lawyer from 6 month suspension to 3 year suspension

By | Published June 4, 2014 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer for 3 years after the referee recommended a 6 month suspension. The opinion is: The Florida Bar v. David Leonard Ross, No. SC11-1106 (May 29, 2014) and the opinion is here: https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2014/sc11-1106.pdf According to Read More

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New York lawyer suspended for, inter alia, agreeing to assist a client in a malpractice claim against his own law firm

By | Published May 17, 2014 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, Excessive fee, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer conflict of interest, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer improper fees, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New York disciplinary opinion which imposed a one (1) year suspension on a lawyer who, along with other misconduct, entered into an agreement with a client to assist in a malpractice action against his own law firm. The opinion is Matter Read More

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Ohio lawyer suspended indefinitely after conviction for filing false documents with IRS and falsifying e-mail in malpractice action

By | Published March 31, 2014 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, dishonesty, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Ohio Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer indefinitely after her conviction for filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Service and falsifying an e-mail in a malpractice action. The disciplinary opinion is Disciplinary Counsel v. Land, Slip Opinion No. 2014-Ohio-1162 (March 27, Read More

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Iowa lawyer who failed to timely serve discovery requests and then covered up by creating false certificates of service is suspended for 6 months

By | Published March 24, 2014 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, deceit, dishonesty, fraud, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer false testimony, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Iowa Supreme Court opinion suspending a lawyer for 6 months for engaging in misconduct by covering up his failure to timely serve discovery requests by creating false certificates of service to make it appear that they were timely served. The disciplinary opinion Read More

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Florida Supreme Court imposes 2 year suspension on former criminal prosecutor who had personal relationship with judge and contact while judge was presiding over his trial

By | Published June 24, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Florida judge ethics, Florida Judicial Canons, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida Lawyer Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Judicial ethics, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer improper ex parte contact with judge, Lawyer sanctions, Prosecutorial misconduct ethics | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida increasing the referee’s recommended discipline of former criminal prosecutor who had a personal relationship with circuit judge and extensive contact while that judge was presiding over his trial from a 1 year to a 2 Read More

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Illinois Hearing Board recommends disbarment for former Florida lawyer convicted of Florida felony crimes and federal crimes of tampering with and threatening witnesses who were members of his family

By | Published January 7, 2013 | Posted in Attorney discipline, 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: , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone!  Happy 2013 and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Illinois Disciplinary Hearing Board Report and Recommendation that a lawyer be disbarred after his conviction of multiple Florida criminal acts and for his federal conviction for threatening one witness (his then wife) and tampering with another witness (his son) while Read More

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lllinois discipline board recommends that former criminal prosecutor who engaged in inappropriate conduct toward a minor defendant and minor victim in separate criminal cases be disbarred

By | Published December 10, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Prosecutor criminal conduct, Prosecutorial misconduct ethics | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss very recent report and recommendation of an Illinois discipline board that a former criminal prosecutor who engaged in inappropriate conduct with a defendant and victim in separate criminal cases should be disbarred.  The case is In the Matter of Hunter Logan, Illinois Disciplinary Read More

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New York lawyer resigns after admitting that she forged judges’ signatures on multiple witness subpoenas

By | Published December 6, 2012 | Posted in Attorney discipline, deceit, joe corsmeier, Lawyer conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice, Lawyer conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, Lawyer criminal conduct, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer resignation in lieu of discipline/disbarment, Lawyer sanctions | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and happy St. Nicholas Day!  Welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent resignation of a New York lawyer after she was charged with forging judge’s signatures on multiple witness subpoenas.  The case is Matter of Theresa Lizio, 2012 NY Slip Op. 08240 (11/29/12).  The opinion is online at: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-first-department/2012/4177.html According Read More

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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

By | 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: , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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