All posts tagged "lawyer misconduct"
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1.2KFloridaFormer Public Defender Shirkin’ The Law Upsets Florida Supreme Court
Former Jacksonville public defender Matt Shirk’s conditional guilty plea filed last month with the Florida Supreme Court is rejected.
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2.5KLawyer ComplaintsCelebrity LA Lawyer Tom Girardi Bought Favor within State Bar by Providing Grandiose Entertainment
Lawyer Tom Girardi and his celebrity wife, Erika Jayne of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, are accused in a lawsuit of...
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1.8K1Lawyer ComplaintsTexas Criminal Judge Slaughter Rips the State of the Texas Bar and Urges Fellow Lawyers and Judges to Report Rogue Lawyers
The lawyer at issue, appellate counsel Gaylyn Leon Cooper, failed to notify the applicant of the outcome of his direct appeal and...
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744Fifth CircuitLawyer Gives Friend Social Media Advice on How to Murder Your Boyfriend
If you want to kill him, then lure him into your house and claim he broke in with intent to do you...
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1.6KAppellate JudgesWhy Did Judge Jill A. Pryor Recuse – After Oral Argument – in this $826 Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme?
Judge Jill Pryor apparently recused herself AFTER oral argument, however, apart from a footnote in the final 2-panel opinion, there is nothing...
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13.8KLawyer ComplaintsChicago Lawyer David Pasulka. Finally, The Bar Revokes His Law License But Only Due to Pressure
LIT's circlin' back to Cook County in Illinois and it's startin' to feel a whole lot like Wood County or Williamson County...
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1.5KLawyer ComplaintsFifth 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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2.2KLawyer ComplaintsThe Pontoon of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly in December 2020
When you think the cards have been played before and the sanctions will be tougher on repeat offenders - these rogue Texas...
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2.1KAppellate JudgesWho is Rebecca ‘Becky’ Neal, D.C. Bar, Washington?
Fraud is a generic term which embraces all the multifarious means ... resorted to by one individual to gain an advantage over...
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2.7KEditors ChoiceFlorida Attorney Scott Strems Receives Good News About His Potential Disbarment from Judge
In Fl. Bar v Scott Strems, referee and judge Denaro's recommendation fell short of the disbarment punishment sought by the the Florida...
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2.3K1Editors ChoiceFlorida Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer for Causing Great Public Harm So He Pivots: Applies and Receives PPP Loan Between $1M and $2M.
Suspended Cora Gables attorney Scot Strems - whose former firm was the states most prolific filer of storm damage lawsuits against insurers...
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1.8KLawyer ComplaintsWhy Non-Disclosure by This Bankruptcy Lawyer Ended With A Criminal Prosecution for Perjury and a Jail Sentence
The U.S. Attorney concluded that Gellene’s non-disclosure constituted perjury and a bankruptcy crime and successfully prosecuted him, ultimately obtaining a felony conviction...
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1.4KLawyer ComplaintsAnd in Shreveport, Louisiana: Lawyer and Judicial Candidate Trina Chu Suspended for Hacking Into Court Records
Shreveport lawyer and judicial candidate Trina Chu has been suspended from the practice of law in the wake of criminal charges that,...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceDisbarred, Jailed, Reinstated and Now Partially Probated for the Same Tricks, This Connected Con Artist Lawyer is A Prime Example of What’s Wrong with the Texas Legal Profession
Married to a judge, Bishop was a behind-the-scenes power in deciding who would get on the bench and stay there; in return...
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4.6K1AccelerationIt’s Still Cookin’ in the County Hot Potato Case. A Letter is Issued to the Chief Judge Smashing the Sanctions Order
Magistrate Judge Harjani did not take into account the Hot Potato Doctrine which does not protect the Goodwin Procter lawyers violations.
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3.0KFederal LawThrice. Texas Ethics and Federal Appeals in 2020
A Theoretical dismissal is Not Justice. Unlike the Burkes, not a shred of evidence was presented by Hopkins to support his claims.
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13.2KLawyer ComplaintsChicago Lawyer David Pasulka and the Sex for Services Scandal which is Commonplace Nationwide in the Legal Industry
A prominent Chicago attorney once told a woman he would tell a judge to give her full custody of her children if...
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3.0KAppellate JudgesDC Bar Doesn’t Like Whistleblowers and Neither Does the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Congress legislated that attorneys not only have the right but the duty to blow the whistle on corporate fraud but the judiciary...
