All posts tagged "lawyer disbarred"

Message to Thievin’ Lawyers: If Y’all Are Disbarred for Robbing in TN, Come to Texas.

Texas had no sanction guidelines equivalent to Tennessee guidelines at the time Ms. Barry was disbarred e.g. Texas will apply our own...

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Editors Choice

There’s 44 Badly Behaving Texas Judges, JP’s and Texas Lawyers in January 2021’s Runnin’ of the Ox.

The State Bar of Texas offers Lawyers a Mediation Service Where they Convince the Defrauded Client to Enter into Interest-Free Personal Loans...

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Lawyer Complaints

Fifth Circuit Solicitor Suspended, Sentenced and Convicted for Abusing a Line of Credit

United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that Daniel Edward Johnson, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor was sentenced to one year and one...

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Lawyer Complaints

Tampa Attorney Toledo Torpedo’d

Tampa Attorney Jose Toledo was married to State Representative Jackie Toledo until his marriage fell apart and so did his law practice.

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Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement Understands the Various Badges of Fraud in Law. The Caveat is Lawyers Are Immune

An individual badge of fraud is not conclusive, but a concurrence of many badges in the same case will always make out...

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Two Texans Get 5 Years Each for Theft of $25,000 in Iowa. Iowa Attorney Gets Zero Jail Time, No Felony Record and Keeps her Law License for $100,000 theft.

The two Texans were arrested June 11 after employees at Sioux City's Scheels store saw them making suspicious purchases on a credit...

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Lawyer Meyer Suspended in Iowa for Fraudulent Billing in Excess of $100k in Attorney Fees. Citizen Jacobs Wrote Bad Checks for $1,100 and was Sentenced to 5 Years Jail

Lawyers Above the Law: It's very disheartening when you read articles about lawyer theft by overbilling attorney fees and they are given...

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Are the 3-Panel at an Appellate Court Obligated to Report Attorney Fraud? Nay, Sayeth the Eleventh Circuit. The Law, However, Does Not Support this Theory.

What started out as an 11th Circuit review of a Fraudulent Transfer Appeal ended up telling the beginning of a 60 minute...

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Florida Attorney Who Owned a Strip Club Disbarred for Stealing Client Funds. No Mention of Jail or an Indictment. Who’s on the VIP Client List?

Disbarred Florida Lawyer Brett Hartley misappropriated funds from multiple clients and then made intentional misrepresentations to presiding judges in order to conceal...

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Who is Canton Texas Attorney Andrew David “Drew” Vaughn?

LIT strongly object to the fact this lawless lawyer, Andrew D. Vaughn of Canton, Texas was not disbarred, there is serious trust...

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The June 2019 Texas Discipline Listing is a Selection of 28 Lawyers and Judges Who Were Hand Picked by the State Bar of Texas for Censure

A partially probated suspension is a combination of an active suspension (can't practice law) followed by a period of probated suspension (can...

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When You Stumble Across an Article and Wonder if it’s Comedy Central or the Texas Bar Blog

As Gen. George S. Patton once said, u are always on parade. hose who know our profession and role in society are...

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It’s a Yes for a $500 Sanction for a Public Defender Held for Violating Local Court Rules and a No for it Being Held in Contempt

Although conduct unbecoming a member of the bar is not defined in the Local Rules, the Supreme Court has interpreted the same...

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The US Supreme Court Takes On the Fifth Circuit’s Stiff Sentencing

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Holguin’s argument that the consecutive year term was substantively unreasonable. Holguin failed...

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