All posts tagged "TXBODA.ORG"
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2.9K4Debt CollectorEditors’ Choice: November’s State Bar of Texas Journal Invited Law Professor Fred C. Moss to Discuss Attorney Ethics and Duties Relative to a Clients’ Fraud or Crime
The failure of the offending party’s lawyer to ensure the correction of deposition perjury condones and assists fraud and undermines the justice...
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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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1.8KLaws In TexasEye See; The Lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct Applied in New Jersey
A comment to the rule says the word discrimination is to be “construed broadly,” and it includes “derogatory and demeaning language.”
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3.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas Attorney Ronald T. Spriggs, Jailed and Fined for Contempt by Judge Doug Woodburn now Appeals One of His Cases to BODA
On May 1, Spriggs appeared for trial and announced not ready. After a hearing, Judge Woodburn found Spriggs in contempt, sentenced him...
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2.0KJurisdictionThe Executives at the State Bar of Texas Keep Chattering About Legal Ethics But We Keep Witnessing ‘My Cousin Vinny’
Ethics Resources Abound for Texas Lawyers But these Texas Attorney's Prefer to Like, Share and Subscribe to Vinny on Netflix and the...
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1.6KFederal LawState Bar of Texas face Summary Judgment Ruling by Austin Judge but Paddy Power is Not Accepting Wagers
The case is similar to legal challenges that lawyers have filed against mandatory bar associations in other states, which all rely on...
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4.5KBill Of ReviewTexas Attorney Kristin Wilkinson Disbarred but Not Before Dressing Down BODA and the State Bar of Texas in Her Emotional Summary
Wilkinson, 54, of Houston, was disbarred. The 284th District Court of Montgomery County found that Wilkinson committed a serious crime or committed...
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2.5K3Laws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: Texas Attorney Complaint(s) – The Burkes Pending Decision(s) after Dismissal By the State Bar of Texas CDC
Burke v Hopkins Complaint - State Bar of Texas and Appeal to BODA (2019)
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3.0KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Penny Robe is the Chair of the Law Practice Management Committee for the State Bar of Texas and Discusses Ethical Contract Attorney Fees in Texas
State Bar of Texas Podcast. State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: Ethical Use of Contract Lawyers with Penny Robe
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1.9KLaws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: The Board of Disciplinary Appeals Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas Has Released its 2018 Annual Report and We Have a Copy
In the year of 2018, out of 1,444 complaints, BODA decided 34 cases resulting in final judgments of discipline or disability (2.3%)....
