The COVID-19 pandemic presented a variety of challenges for practicing lawyers throughout the country. Among these challenges are the professional and ethical implications involved in participating in legal proceedings and …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of March 2021. Louisiana Supreme Court Jack H. Tobias. …
On February 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released Formal Opinion 497 addressing conflicts involving representation of a current or prospective client with interests that are “materially adverse” to the …
In February 2021, the District of Columbia Bar published an advisory ethics opinion examining certain recurring conflicts of interest issues related to witnesses. See D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Opinion 380 …
The Florida Bar initiated disciplinary proceedings against Florida lawyer Robert Laurence Pelletier for describing himself as a “pit bull” lawyer and using an online image of a pit bull in …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of February 2021. Louisiana Supreme Court Carl Binus Duke, …
In February 2021, the D.C. Bar Association published a legal ethics opinion about whether a lawyer’s representation of a “Prospective Client” when responding to a third-party subpoena seeking information about …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of January 2021. Louisiana Supreme Court Robert Christopher Oetjens. …
Unlike other litigating lawyers, prosecutors are not merely advocates; they are also administrators of justice who have a duty to “seek justice, [and] not merely to convict.” See ABA Stds. Relating to …
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently suspended a lawyer from the practice of law for publicly posting comments on Facebook with instructions on how to shoot someone and avoid criminal responsibility …
