All posts tagged "lawyer ethics"
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4.7KNewsAustin-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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4.5KLaws In TexasOpinion Pending: A Well-Known Sanctioned NRA Lawyer With a[nother] Non-Disclosed Ethics Violation Taps the Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney Bill Brewer petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Of course he won. This is Texas and Texas Supreme Court is owned by...
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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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1.8KDonald TrumpSouthern Baptist Church has Revenues akin to Office Depot. Now Lawyers Wish to Test the Church Claims of Legal Immunity in Sexual Abuse Cases
Every year, churches in the SBC collectively raise about $11 billion — revenues that put them on par with a mid-tier Fortune...
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2.4KDonald TrumpLegal Ethics Panel for D.C. State Bar Looks to Suspend Judicial Watch & Freedom Watch Founder and Attorney Larry Klayman
A legal ethics panel for members of the District of Columbia bar has recommended suspending conservative attorney Larry Klayman from practicing law...
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4.8K4Editors ChoiceTexas Judge Ralph Strother: Facts You Need to Know About the Rapist Case and the Twin Peaks Case
Strother is a Texas judge under fire for allowing former Baylor frat president Jacob Walter Anderson escape prison time, pay a $400...
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2.3KDonald TrumpIt’s a Lifetime of $200k p.a. Retirement Income for Sexual Predators called Judges, Fully Paid Up by the Texas TaxPayer to Fund their Future Viagra Parties
Complaints filed by Clevenger likely led to the early retirements of Walter S. Smith Jr., a longtime federal judge in Waco, and...
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Attorney Jared Woodfill and Former Judge Paul Pressler are Recent Examples of the Bible State of Texas Politicians Caught in Sex, Lies and Corruption
Documents recently made public show that in 2004, Pressler agreed to pay $450,000 to another former youth group member for physical assault....
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5.2K1Donald TrumpFormer Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party Jared Woodfill is Under Investigation (again), This Time for Theft of Client Funds
A criminal complaint filed against ex Harris County Republican Party chairman Jared Woodfill in 2017 accuses his firm of taking more than...
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3.2K2Donald TrumpHow an Ambulance Chaser and Convicted Felon Ron Reynolds Didn’t Need to Turn On the Lights and Sirens to Win His Senate Seat in Texas from His Jail Cell
After his conviction and booking, Texas Senator Ron Reynolds alleged that he was the victim of racial bias and selective prosecution, at...
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12.5K4Editors ChoiceThe Mysterious and Disturbing Case of Casie Gotro is a Prime Example of Texas Controlling its Citizens and its Lawyers
Colleagues, meanwhile, described Gotro’s troubles with the bar and her retreat from the law as a sign that she’d lost faith in...
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2.5KEditors ChoiceAustin Estate Planning & Tax Law Firm Accused by the IRS of Aiding and Abetting Clients Illegally Evade Paying U.S. Taxes. The Lower Court has Ruled in Favor of the IRS, Now the Lawyers are Rushing to the Attorney-Friendly 5th Circuit for Protection and a Reversal of the Adverse Ruling
Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...
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5.6KDeed of TrustForeclosure Mill Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP now calling themselves BDF Law Group are also known Lobbyists in Texas. Here’s a Reminder of How Texas Still Allows its Citizens Homes to be Illegally Impounded and Sold by a Criminal Enterprise
Overseeing a case last year involving James Patrick Allen, a homeowner in Victoria, Tex., Judge Steen examined BDF Law Group's conduct in...
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4.1K1Deed of TrustTexas Lawyer Ethics Violation by William Allen Schultz, a Denton County Prosecutor who Failed to Disclose Favorable Evidence (Rule 3.04(a))
3.04 Fairness in Adjudicatory Proceedings. Rule 3.04(a), which precedes and bolsters Rule 3.09(d), provides that a lawyer shall not unlawfully obstruct another...
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6.3K1Deed of TrustFormer Forclosure Mill Owner and Florida King of Foreclosures, Barred Attorney David Stern Sells Hillsboro Beach Home for a Loss
As you can see, Stern is living the hard life after his disbarment. He now owns a series of 5 Guys Burger...
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4.3KFederal LawA Lawyer Who Represents Him or Herself Has a Fool for a Client, Or a Judge in their Pocket
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. This proverb is based on the opinion, probably first...
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2.0KFederal LawIt’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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1.7KFederal LawThe 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...
