Thousands of complaints are filed against Louisiana lawyers each year. Many are caused by simple mistakes and innocent misunderstandings about what the rules of conduct require. If you are like most lawyers, questions …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of December 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court George Allen R. …
In 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended Rule 1.15 to provide guidance to lawyers as to the what to do with “Unidentified Funds” in a trust account. See Order Amending …
Lawyers are a lonley lot. See Washington Post, American Workers Are Already Lonley. Here Come the Robots (Mar. 30, 2018) (reporting that sixty-one percent of the lawyers in sample “ranked ‘above …
On December 5, 2018, the Louisiana Supreme Court disbarred former federal prosecutor Salvador R. Perricone for inappropriate online posts relating to cases handled by his office. See In re Perricone, No. 2018-B-1233 …
A Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary decision issued on December 3, 2018, is a timely reminder for Louisiana lawyers as the 2018 MCLE season draws to a close. In the matter …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of November 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
CNA, the leading malpractice insurer for Louisiana lawyers, recently distributed to its insureds helpful advice as to how they should handle complaints from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. See CNA, Professional …
In late November 2018, porn star Stormy Daniels claimed that her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, initiated a “crowdfunding campaign without her knowledge” in order to fund her defamation litigation against President …
On November 27, 2018, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal ethics opinion on A Lawyer’s Obligations When Clients Use Companies or Brokers to Finance the …
