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 …
The Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct generally prohibits a judge from soliciting funds on behalf of an educational, religious, charitable, or civic organization. See Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct Canon …
In May 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal opinion on the “Obligations of Proscutors in Negotiating Plea Bargains for Misdemeanor Offenses.” See ABA …
Should a lawyer be subject to discipline for tossing a racoon off of his fishing boat? Florida disciplinary authorities have opened an investigation into a lawyer who shooed a racoon …
The New York State Bar Association has been at the forefront of providing useful ethics advice to the bar regarding lawyer social media use. 1 On May 31, 2019, the …
Effective June 1, 2019, Maine became the third state to adopt a disciplinary standard identical to or analogous to the anti-discrimination provision of ABA Model Rule 8.4. See 2019 Me. …
On June 18, 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 487 to address the division of a fee when one lawyer replaces another in …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of June 2019. Louisiana Supreme Court Channing J. Warner. …
Nearly two years ago, the Louisiana Supreme Court resolved an unsettled question as to whether a prosecutor’s “ethical” duty to disclose exculpatory evidence under Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8(d) …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of May 2019. Louisiana Supreme Court Evelyn S. Adams. …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of April 2019. Louisiana Supreme Court Warner H. Anthony, …
