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Category: Discipline

Discipline / Professionalism / Recent Cases

California Judge Orders New Trial After Lawyer’s Bragging Session Caught on Tape

Lawyers boast about their success rates.1 You see it everywhere. From billboards to courthouse conversations, lawyers like to talk about their wins. Such self-congratulatory chatter may be irritating, but usually …

Discipline / FAQs

When Will a Lawyer’s Malpractice be “Sanctionable Misconduct?”

The most fundamental obligation that a lawyer owes to a client is the duty to handle the client’s matter competently. See La. Rules of Prof’l Conduct, r. 1.1. Incompetent lawyering can …

Discipline / Louisiana Rule Making / Rule Making

LASC Amends Permanent Disbarment Rules

On May 4, 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended the rules governing the available sanctions for lawyer misconduct. More particularly, the court amended LASC Rule 19, Section 10(A)(1) as follows: …

Discipline / Recent Cases

Lawyer’s Alcohol-Related Criticism of Judge Draws Stayed Suspension

On April 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court suspended a lawyer for six-months, entirely deferred, for publicly criticizing a judge after consuming alcohol at a bar association event: Bahan and …

Discipline / Judicial Ethics / Louisiana Cases / Recent Cases

Judge Disciplined for Sending Ex Parte Facebook Messages to Party in Case Pending Before Him

The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended a Denham Springs judge for four months for engaging in ex parte communications via Facebook Messenger with a party in a case pending before him …

Discipline

May a Lawyer Investigate Opposing Counsel’s Client on Facebook?

Lawyers know—or should know—that they may not communicate with an adversary’s client about the subject of the representation without the other lawyer’s consent. See La. Rules of Prof’l Conduct, r. …

Discipline / Professionalism

Lawyer Suspended For Coaching Client Via Messenger Feature During Virtual Trial   

An Arizona lawyer has consented to a two-month suspension from the practice of law for utilizing the chat feature of a virtual trial platform to coach his client during her …

Discipline / Judicial Ethics / Louisiana Cases

Louisiana Supreme Court Permits Baton Rouge Judge to Remain On Bench Despite Age-Limit Dispute

On January 28, 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court held in a 4-3 split decision that a city judge could remain in office despite exceeding the age limit set by the …

Discipline / Louisiana Cases / Recent Cases

Louisiana Supreme Court Publicly Disciplines Louisiana Lawyers for Failing to Pre-File Advertisements with the LSBA

Louisiana lawyers who advertise have long faced scrutiny from the Louisiana legislature, the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the Louisiana State Bar Association. But this year …

Discipline

Massachusetts Publicly Reprimands Lawyer for Failing to Supervise Paralegal Who Stole Money

On November 22, 2021, the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court publicly reprimanded lawyer Mark C. Watson for failing to adequately supervise a paralegal, for record …

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