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Florida litigator deemed a “babe in the woods” avoids discipline

By Amy McClurg on November 24, 2021
Posted in Discipline

Can a lawyer use an advice-of-counsel defense in a disciplinary case?  The Florida Supreme Court last month accepted the defense, adopting a referee’s report in a case spotlighting the issue.

The lawyer in the case personally guaranteed a loan for his own business venture. Unable to repay the loan, and facing hard-hitting collection methods from…

Cases underscore some pro hac vice ethics pitfalls

By Karen Rubin on January 17, 2019
Posted in How Not to Practice, Multi-jurisdictional practice

If you’re admitted to handle a case PHV, mind your P’s and Q’s.

Translation:  Pro hac vice admission to practice before a court outside the state where you’re licensed requires attention to a range of ethics duties, and running afoul of them can have bad consequences.  Two recent cases spotlight some of the issues.

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What’s in a name? Semi-retired lawyer suspended for letting others use it

By Karen Rubin on March 29, 2018
Posted in Competence, How Not to Practice

In a warning to semi-retired lawyers and others, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month affirmed a 90-day suspension for a lawyer who let others draft and sign his name to deficient  pleadings, saying that “a lawyer’s good name and professional reputation are his primary stock in trade, an asset to be cultivated…

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