Lawyer Discipline

Judge should be admonished after calling double-parked teacher the B-word, commission says

A judge who called a teacher a “stupid b- - - -” because of her double-parked car should be admonished for the episode, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Aug 31, 2023 2:11 PM CDT

Giuliani sanctioned for providing ‘blobs of indecipherable data,’ few documents in discovery

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., entered a default judgment Wednesday against lawyer Rudy Giuliani for failing to provide meaningful discovery to two Georgia poll workers who sued him for defamation after he falsely accused them of election fraud.

Aug 30, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Judge faces censure over ‘profane, demeaning’ Facebook posts

A New York judge is facing a censure by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for using “profane, demeaning and otherwise-inappropriate language” and engaging in “offensive and otherwise-inappropriate behavior” in comments and posts on social media.

Aug 28, 2023 3:48 PM CDT

Maine’s top court affirms suspension of lawyer who asked staffer to take his CLE classes

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a one-year suspension of an attorney who asked his assistant to take his continuing legal education classes.

Aug 28, 2023 10:50 AM CDT

Former Texas judge questions murder suspect over satanism, receives public reprimand

A former East Texas judge has received a public reprimand after speaking to a murder suspect about his alleged affiliation with satanism without his attorney’s permission.

Aug 21, 2023 10:08 AM CDT

Judge who pointed AR-15 at officer avoids ethics case with resignation

A Georgia magistrate judge who admitted pointing an AR-15 rifle at a sheriff's officer has ended the ethics case against him by resigning, according to the Georgia Supreme Court.

Aug 21, 2023 8:16 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Fired reporter drops Dechert suit; Hunter Biden’s lawyer resigns

Fired reporter drops suit against Dechert A reporter who said he was fired from the Wall Street Journal because of information released in a “hack-and-smear operation” has dropped his lawsuit accusing Dechert of participating in the scheme. Reporter Jonathan “Jay” Solomon did not indicate whether a settlement was reached. Suits…

Aug 18, 2023 2:39 PM CDT

Lawyer facing possible suspension touts new job—providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine

A Kentucky lawyer facing a recommended three-year suspension has told a Kentucky broadcast station that he will be returning to Ukraine to manage a relief operation in Kherson, Ukraine.

Aug 10, 2023 3:08 PM CDT

More than 1,700 California lawyers suspended for failure to comply with new trust account rules

More than 1,700 California lawyers have failed to comply with new trust account rules, leading to their administrative suspensions.

Jul 31, 2023 11:21 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Wire-transfer fraudsters fool 3 law practices; Quinn Emanuel discloses cyberattack

Unwitting money transfers to fraudsters yield reprimands Three North Carolina lawyers have been reprimanded for separate incidents in which they or their staff members mistakenly transferred real estate money or other entrusted funds to fraudsters. In all three cases, no one verified the authenticity of wiring instructions. In one case,…

Jul 28, 2023 2:26 PM CDT

Judge should be admonished after calling double-parked teacher the B-word, commission says

Giuliani sanctioned for providing ‘blobs of indecipherable data,’ few documents in discovery

Judge faces censure over ‘profane, demeaning’ Facebook posts

Maine’s top court affirms suspension of lawyer who asked staffer to take his CLE classes

Former Texas judge questions murder suspect over satanism, receives public reprimand

Judge who pointed AR-15 at officer avoids ethics case with resignation

Weekly Briefs: Fired reporter drops Dechert suit; Hunter Biden’s lawyer resigns

Lawyer facing possible suspension touts new job—providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine

More than 1,700 California lawyers suspended for failure to comply with new trust account rules

Weekly Briefs: Wire-transfer fraudsters fool 3 law practices; Quinn Emanuel discloses cyberattack

Incivility could be basis for discipline under proposed ethics rule change in California

Service in Texas AG’s office doesn’t protect top assistant from ethics complaint, appeals court says

Lawyer blames generation gap for behavior that prompted courthouse-area ban and ethics complaint

Lawyers accused in courthouse altercation offer ‘starkly conflicting accounts’ of incident

Giuliani should be disbarred for basing election suit on ‘speculation’ and ‘suspicion,’ ethics committee says

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