All posts tagged "ethics rules"
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2.0K1JudgesHey Texas, in Nashville A Lawyer Faces Disbarment for Threats to Third Parties
Lawyer Manookian has displayed a custom and habit of threatening opposing counsel and third parties for no reasonably legitimate purpose.
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3.2KEditors ChoiceLyin’ Georgia Lawyer Dipped into Government Cash and Ends Up with a 2 Year Jail Sentence
Carla B. Gaines, an attorney formerly licensed in Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing client money and lying about...
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5.3K2Editors ChoiceA Texas Judicial Candidate Nominee, Now Judge, is Charged with Evading Service of Process in Legal Malpractice Suit
Texas Malpractice lawyer Colb says his process server tried to serve Garza multiple times, but she failed to call the process server...
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5.5K10Editors ChoiceHouston Lawyer JL Sadick Transfers $1M out of Escrow Account is Sued. Where’s The Dosh?
Houston attorney JL Sadick hit with a federal lawsuit alleging he mishandled more than $1 million in escrow funds in a botched...
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3.5K1Laws In TexasFifth Circuit Affirm Disbarment of Texas Lawyer Ryan Ray from Local Federal Court. The Appellate Court Had Been Duped by Ray Previously.
The court finds that Texas Lawyer Ryan E. Ray engaged in intentional conduct, involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation.
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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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5.4KLaws 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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3.8KLaws 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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2.4K3Laws 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.
