All posts tagged "commission for lawyer discipline"
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2.1KEditors ChoiceLawyers Using Client Monies Like a Personal ATM is a Nationwide Virus and One that Needs to Be Stopped by Jailing these Rogue Attorneys
Lawyer Stewart D. Pollak misappropriated funds while acting as an escrow agent in a turnover proceeding, according to the panel. Entrusted with...
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5.5KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyer Chris Hartman Finally Disbarred After Becoming State Witness to Prevent Going to Jail for Theft
A Sweetwater attorney who was an unindicted co-conspirator with John Young and Ray Zapata in the forgery, theft and money laundering trial...
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3.3K1Editors ChoiceThe State Bar of Texas Confirms Theft of Funds By Lawyers is an Increasing Liability and Blame an Aging Legal Population. We’re Not Buying It
Texas Law: Lawyer Theft is So Commonplace The State Bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline Just List it as an Operating Expense in...
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3.5KAppellate JudgesWhen You Burn Out Your Judicial Friendships. The Disgraced Former Abilene Personal Injury Attorney Burt “Maserati” Burnett
At the time of Lawyer Burt Lett Burnett’s resignation, there were eight pending matters against him alleging Burnett neglected cases. He was...
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3.6K2Editors ChoiceTexas Personal Injury Lawyers are Stealing their Clients Cash in Settlements and Generally Face Being Slapped by the State Commission
Stealing and/or Skimming cash from client settlements, taking client funds out of escrow before they are earned has a legal term, it’s...
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3.9KLaws In TexasRecently Disbarred Texas Attorney Arrested for Asking Judge to Call Him
Just three weeks after the Texas Supreme Court upheld the disbarment of Mark Cantu, the ex-lawyer was arrested for allegedly threatening a...
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4.6KNewsAustin-area attorney Jamie Balagia, known as “The DWI Dude” convicted of fleecing Colombian Drug Lords
This defendant and his group were running a scam on drug dealers—some of the biggest drug dealers in the world, said U.S....
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2.9KDonald TrumpSocial Media is a Voice and Vehicle which Unearths the Hidden Secrets [and Corruption] of the Three Branches of State and US Government and Now they Seek Ways to Silence Democracy and Free Speech #WeThePeople
The ABA, recognizing the urgency and timeliness of these issues, has chosen Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society for this year’s Law...
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2.9K4Debt CollectorEditors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime
The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...
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2.5K3Laws In TexasSupreme Court of Texas Releases New Opinion Where it Clarifies When [Federal] Judges Can and Have an Ethical Obligation to Testify in Court
The ethics rules for federal judges thus affirmatively encourage the reporting of attorney misconduct and the providing of testimony in disciplinary proceedings.
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3.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas Attorney Ronald T. Spriggs, Jailed and Fined for Contempt by Judge Doug Woodburn now Appeals One of His Cases to BODA
On May 1, Spriggs appeared for trial and announced not ready. After a hearing, Judge Woodburn found Spriggs in contempt, sentenced him...
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4.5KBill Of ReviewTexas Attorney Kristin Wilkinson Disbarred but Not Before Dressing Down BODA and the State Bar of Texas in Her Emotional Summary
Wilkinson, 54, of Houston, was disbarred. The 284th District Court of Montgomery County found that Wilkinson committed a serious crime or committed...
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2.6KDeed of TrustQuiet Title Review in Smitherman Case
In June 2016, Smitherman filed his fourth lawsuit in state court relating to this mortgage dispute to prevent a fourth foreclosure attempt.
