Lawyer Ethics

Conservatives Eying Judicial Makeover

A group of conservative legal activists based in Washington, D.C. see the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch as the first […]

Gorsuch Said Women “Manipulate” Maternity Benefits

Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, told students in a course at the University of […]

Harvard Law Grad Gets 40 Year Kidnapping Sentence

A Harvard-educated lawyer with a bipolar disorder diagnosis has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for an elaborate, violent […]

CA State Bar Says No Sex With Clients

Some exceptions are noted, as this rule updates and expands a previous rule that allowed consensual sex, as long as…

Trump Budget Cuts Legal Services Corp.

In his first budget proposal as president, Donald Trump would eliminate 19 agencies, including the Legal Services Corp. The American […]

Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Porn Copyright Scam

After downloading pornography that had been made available on the attorneys’ website, the users would be accused of…

Court Cop Undercover Spy For The Prosecution?

A court security officer in Augusta, Maine allegedly took pictures of a defense lawyer’s notes and emailed it to the […]

Lawyer’s Punishment Too Lenient, Says Georgia High Court

Georgia’s highest court rejected as too lenient a proposed reprimand for an Atlanta bankruptcy lawyer who, while representing himself during […]

Judge Blasts Lawyer As “Professional Objector”

Corpus Christi, Texas lawyer Christopher Bandas has been called a professional objector, and his behavior during a recent class-action “has […]

Contempt-Happy Judge Banned From Bench

A former Las Vegas justice of the peace has been barred from the bench for life as punishment for a […]

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