2018 Louisiana Legal Ethics Book
More than 2,900 complaints are filed against Louisiana lawyers each year. Many of these complaints are caused by simple mistakes and innocent misunderstandings about what the rules of conduct require. If you …
July 2018 Discipline
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 July 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
LASC Solicits Comments on New Judiciary Commission Rules
The Louisiana Supreme Court has distributed for public comment three proposed revisions to Rule XXIII governing proceedings before the Judiciary Commission. These revisions were recommended to the court by the Judiciary …
Lawyer Suspended for Outrageous Harassment of Paralegal
The Ohio Supreme Court recently suspended Cleveland lawyer Howard E. Skolnick for one year with six months deferred for his outrageous harassment of a paralegal. See Disciplinary Counsel v. Skolnick, No. 2018-Ohio-2990 …
Text A Lawyer: Uber for Lawyers?
Like getting a ride via an app? How about getting a lawyer that way? Text A Lawyer hopes to be the Uber of legal service providers. Here’s how it works: …
Court Recognizes “Compassion Fatigue” as Mitigating Factor in Lawyer Discipline
On June 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Washington considered whether “compassion fatigue” is a proper mitigating factor in lawyer disciplinary proceedings. See In re Waechter, No. 201,645-6 (Wash. Jun. 14, …
May a Lawyer Secretly “Ghostwrite” Court Papers for a Pro Se Litigant?
Yes. Although the issue was unsettled for many years, the prevailing current view is that professional conduct standards do not prohibit a lawyer from preparing documents for a pro se …
June 2018 Discipline
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 June 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
Disciplinary Board Recommends Suspension of Lawyer Who Created False Match.com Profile to Harass Opposing Counsel
Illinois Lawyer Drew R. Quitschau created a false Match.com profile—and numerous other fake Internet accounts—in the name of his opposing counsel in a bizarre effort to stalk and harrass her. …
May 2018 Discipline
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 May 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
May a Lawyer Cast a Geotargetted Ad to a Prospective Client in an Emergency Room?
On May 25, 2018, NPR’s All Things Considered featured a segment on “Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads to Patients’ Phones Inside ERs.” Here’s how NPR described the practice: …