Lawyer Disciplined for Fake Facebook Page
On February 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania suspended a lawyer/prosecutor for creating a fake Facebook page in an effort to catch criminals. See Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. …
May a Lawyer Obtain an Indemnity Agreement from a Client?
A recent advisory ethics opinion addresed whether it is “permissible for an attorney to include an indemnification provision in a retainer agreement at the commencement of representation that requires the …
ABA Formal Opinion Prohibits Judges from Declining to Perform Same-Sex Marriages
On February 14, 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 485 providing that a judge “may not decline to perform marriages of same-sex couples …
District of Columbia Committee Proposes Anti-Discrimination Rule
The District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee has become the most recent body to propose an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment rule of professional conduct in the wake of …
January 2019 Discipline
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of January 2019. Louisiana Supreme Court Daniel E. Becnel. …
Top Ten Developments in Louisiana Legal Ethics in 2018
If a Louisiana lawyer were were to read just one post on this blog all year, this should be it. Here are the top seven1 developments in Louisiana legal ethics …
December 2018 Discipline
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. …
What Should I Do With Funds in Trust When I Can’t Find the Client?
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 …
ABA Publishes “Toolkit” for Lawyer Well-Being
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 …
Former Federal Prosecutor Disbarred for Anonymous Online Posts
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 …