Lawyer Discipline
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1.9KButt Your Honor
While Texas Attorney Dennis Duffy’s behavior was clearly outside professional bounds, neither counsel was a role model of professional conduct, Judge Lee...
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3.8K3Who is Texas Attorney Alfonso Kennard Jr and Why Are Citizens Incensed with the Fonz and the Texas Bar?
On Sunday, 13 December, 2020 LIT receives this contact inquiry form with attachments from “anonymous” but concerned citizen about Texas lawyer Alfonso...
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5.0KGibson Dunn Withholding Evidence and Committing ‘Fraud About Fraud’ Earns a Benchslap from Delaware Vice Chancellor Travis Laster
Gibson Dunn deliberately withheld key information from Mirae. Put bluntly, Gibson Dunn committed fraud about fraud, the Delaware judge said.
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1.9KChief Justice Gina Benavides Writes About Texas Appellate Standards. We’re Talkin’ Lawyers Creed, Legal Ethics and Other Obscure Rules Folks.
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1.9KClass Action Legal Ethics are Different Says Creative Eleventh Circuit And Relying On Old 5th Cir. Precedent
Experience teaches that it is counsel for the class representative and not the named parties, who direct and manage these actions. Every experienced...
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2.7KTexas Courts Conclude Unanimously; As a Lyin’ Texas Lawyer Mark A. Cantu is Still Disbarred
Texas supreme court remanded to the 13th COA, to consider Cantus remaining issues. Justice Gina Benavides for the Court affirmed disbarment.
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2.5KFormer Texas Lawyer Gary Inmon, Who Stole $119k Can’t Stay Out of the News, But Can Stay Out of Jail
Long-time Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD Trustee Gary Inmon gave up his law license last year after pleading guilty to two felonies, but he...
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2.1KDisbarred Lyin’ Lawyer Mark Cantu Loses 5 Year Defamation Case Where He Sued the Journalists for Reporting the Facts
The ruling was made under provisions of a state law that protect First Amendment rights by discouraging frivolous lawsuits, called anti-SLAPP.
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2.3KThe Pontoon of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly in December 2020
When you think the cards have been played before and the sanctions will be tougher on repeat offenders - these rogue Texas...
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6.0KWho is Laura Stoll, a Liar Lawyer at Goodwin Procter LLP?
Laura A. Stoll is a partner in Goodwin Procter LLP's Financial Industry and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices, Los Angeles Office.
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4.0KJudge Tim Nolan Sentenced: The Threats, Manipulation and Ultimate Abuse Ends for the Victims, But Not Their Pain.
An ex-judge Timothy Nolan, 71, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for human trafficking case. A former Campbell County District...
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8.4K4The Life and Crimes of Former State Judge Leticia Astacio
The sanction of removal of a judge typically is reserved for truly egregious circumstances that extend beyond the limits of even extremely...
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3.2KWhat is A Civil Rights Violation Under the Color of Law?
Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act that may operate in violation of law. Color of law may include public officials and...
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2.9KFlorida Bar’s Eleven Villains. No, We’re Not Talking about the Eleventh Circuit on This Occasion.
Eleven attorneys on the most recent Florida Bar discipline report made heavy usage of Lie and Steal, or Misappropriating Funds.
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2.2KThere’s a Humungus Cat Fight from the Benches, Including a Naked Attorney Dippin’ into Unethical Behavior in This Colorado Court
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2.2KWho is Rebecca ‘Becky’ Neal, D.C. Bar, Washington?
Fraud is a generic term which embraces all the multifarious means ... resorted to by one individual to gain an advantage over...
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2.2KNo Glossin’ Required on a Void Order Sayeth The Constitution. Fraud By The Court Commands Reversal.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that federal courts possess the inherent power to vacate their own judgments upon proof that a...
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2.1KA Story About Pro Se versus Eleventh Circuit Judges
How does the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit deals with Pro Se Appeals? It requires appeal to be glossed over...
