Lawyer Discipline
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1.1KTexas Sentencing Disparity: Jail Sentence for Lawyer (4 Years) v. Jail Sentence for Citizens (45 Years)
Lawyer Simmons had several charges reduced to just one, conspiracy. However, first time offender Ms Looney had them stacked on a false...
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1.7KNJ Judge Maintains the Trump Pardon Promise Wiping Away Attorney’s Law Debt
Judge Uyl has declined to hold attorney George Gilmore and his ex-partner individually responsible for their former law firm's unpaid debt.
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2.0KSteven Dozinger Contempt Bench Trial in NYC: It’s a Charade and I’m Completely F**ked
Chevron and Kaplan target Donziger after he helped the Indigenous win a $9.5B judgment in 2011 for dumping oil waste in the...
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1.1KK&L Gates: I Am the Game and I Am That Damn Good!
That is the slogan for Triple H, WWE. Law firm K&L Gates billing fees are, however, too damn high, so says sanctioned...
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1.7KCPFB v Ocwen, Florida: Renewed Motion to Intervene and Memorandum in Support
This court unlawfully denied the Burkes access to court documents. Both sets of counsel conspired with the Court and committed perjury, repeatedly.
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1.4KCriminally Indicted Texas Attorney General’s Case on Hiatus for 6 Long Years Questioned
Prosecutors in the long-running criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked Texas First Court of Appeals to act now.
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2.1KDallas Abestos Lawyer Chokes On Her Own Perjury and Legal Omissions. Blamin’ the Paralegal Didn’t Fly Either.
Iowa Judge to Texas lawyer Dean: I’m so frustrated to get my head around why someone would draft something to the court...that...
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1.5KA Prosecutor Blanked a Court Order and a Man Was Sentenced to Life. Now He’s on Trial in Wyoming.
Ex-prosecutor Becket Hinckley is facing possible disciplinary action for alleged misconduct in the prosecution of Josh Black.
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1.3KIn N.D. Georgia’s Blind Draw System, there’s Obviously Only One Federal Judge. That’s Why He’s Called Chief.
No matter what Lin Woods' state of mental health is, there is a blind draw system which federal courts claim to operate,...
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1.4KRewind: 2008 Financial Crisis. The Largest Financial Swindling of Citizens in American History
Victims of wrongful foreclosures find justice absent as the banks perpetuating the crimes against them remain too big to be held accountable.
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1.4KReuters Flushed Alison Frankel’s Blog. However, We’re Keeping Her Article On Lawyer Mikal Watts.
Alison Frankel, Reuters journalist writes a lot of great articles and normally she's pretty calm. Mikal Watts apparently got under her skin.
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1.6KJudge Edith Jones Avers Judge Lynn Hughes Did Not Ridicule the Complainants or Their Claims in Any Way.
LIT has seen Judge Lynn Hughes reversed twice at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in early 2021 and also...
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3.1KLawyer Found Guilty by Jury of Elder Abuse. The Judiciary Should Plead Guilty Themselves Too.
Elder abuse is a serious crime against some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens, affecting 10 percent or more of older Americans...
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874LIT’s Audit of the State Auditor Confirms it Yields Little Power Against CA Bar
The State Bar of California Is Not Effectively Managing Its System for Investigating and Disciplining Attorneys Who Abuse the Public Trust
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2.4KPenn. Bar Association President Dave Schwager is Busted for Solicitation of a Prostitute
After looking to avoid being plastered all over the internet, David Schwager's sex hook up with a prostitute achieved national attention.
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991Meanwhile in Oregon, Supreme Court says Convicted Shoot ’em Up Bandit and Meth-Producin’ Lawyer Needs a Break
A Portland-based attorney was sentenced to 18 months in prison and drug dependent is suspended from the practice of law for 5...
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2.5KA Year Later, Texas Attorney Roel Alaniz Admits to Bribery Charges. His Lawyer Sister Was Also Indicted in the Scheme
Brother and Sister Texas Lawyer duo caught up in Bribery Scheme arrested, charged and ready for sentencing a year later. Cynthia Alanis...
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1.4KPro Se Filers Face Capricious Clerks and Ambiguous Local Rules At the Federal Fifth Circuit
Pro se’s are being held to a higher standard than the laws and rules require and/or not being applied in a consistent...
