All posts tagged "lawyer ethics"
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3.4KAppellate JudgesWhen Litigants are Ordered to File an Amended Brief and End Up More Distressed About the Judges than the Opposing Parties, That’s Not Good for Democracy
Dishonorably and shockingly, it has now become a desperate search for judges who can provide a fair and impartial hearing at COA...
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3.6KAppellate JudgesWaiver, Ethics, Other Authorities, Inherent Authority, Truth Seeking and Let’s Add Some Poetry. It’s All in this Motion for Reconsideration at CA5.
It is abundantly clear the Burkes are well within their legal rights to cite the documents and web links which they included...
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5.2K2Editors 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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5.4K10Editors 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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3.1KEditors ChoiceBlogging “TCPA Class Certification Denial Exposes Major Spousal Scheme” Ain’t Defamation
Georgia-based class action attorney Shimshon Wexler show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for filing a frivolous appeal suing about a...
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5.4K1Appellate CircuitWho is Liar Lawyer Sabrina Rose-Smith of Goodwin Procter, LLP?
Sabrina Rose-Smith is a Member of Goodwin's Consumer Finance Litigation practice group, focusing on consumer lending and class action defense.
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5.6KEditors ChoiceWho is Goodwin Procter Lawyer Alexis Susan Coll-Very?
When she wasn't rocking it with her husband, Alexis Coll-Very was making a lot of noise for all the wrong reasons in...
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2.4KFederal JudgesFracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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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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5.3KLaws 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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3.6K1Editors ChoiceYet Another Texas Court Proceeding where Prosecutors are “Losing” Evidence
Houston Capital Murder Case: Dane Schiller told the newspaper that “defense lawyers are once again lying to the public and potential jurors...
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Ethics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?
At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...
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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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2.8KEditors ChoiceLawyer Civility Oaths? That’s a Joke.
David Chamberlain, former president of the Texas Chapters of ABOTA who advocated for the Texas civility oath in 2015, said it’s hard to...
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2.6K1Federal Judges
Fracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – N.D. Tex.
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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2.1KFederal LawMeanwhile in North Carolina, a Lawyer is Disbarred and Indicted with Tax Fraud – His Business included Offshore Tax Planning Services
Disbarred Attorney John F. Hanzel spent more than $241,000 on cars that included an Aston Martin DB9, an Audi A8, an Audi...
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4.5KNewsAustin-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....
