Out-of-State Lawyers can do Pro Bono Work in New York
Jonathan Lippman, the chief judge of New York State, announced of a rule change that would allow out-of-state...
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Former US Attorney Neil H. MacBride to join Davis Polk & Wardwell
Former United States Attorney Neil H. MacBride to join Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner, and plans to start...
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Colorado’s District Attorney Frank Ruybalid Faces Suspension
Colorado’s third Judicial District Attorney Frank Ruybalid faces suspension on allegations of mishandling 16...
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Attorney Loses License for Charging Excessive Fees
Plainfield attorney Karris A Bilal loses license on the grounds of duping three families facing foreclosure....
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Lake County Defense Attorney Arrested For Witness Tampering
Curtis Paul Leonard, a Lake County criminal defense attorney has been arrested on charges of witness...
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Anti-Heroin Program Launched by Ohio Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced a new program to fight heroin addiction, heroin abuse and...
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Steinberg Resigns from Law Firm amidst Controversy
Darrel Steinberg, the Senate President Pro Tem announced his resignation from Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye &...
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Former Rothstein Partner Suspended from Practicing Law
Russell Adler, a former law partner of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein was suspended from practicing law for 91...
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Rick Snyder Signs Law to Move Lawsuits against State from Ingham County to Appeals Court
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a new law that will remove all lawsuits against the state from the...
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New Hampshire Lawyer Sues over Denial of Gun License Renewal
Randall Pratt, a Portsmouth lawyer has filed a complaint against Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen DuBois for...
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Cook County Attorney Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct
Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell was charged on Thursday with two counts of fourth degree criminal sexual...
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Virginia Supreme Court Rules Lawyer’s Blog Covered by Ethics Rules
In a recent judgment in the matter of Hunter v. Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Supreme Court has given a...
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NY State Attorney General Wants Release of Attica Prison Riot Records
NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked a state judge on Friday to release sealed documents about...
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Robert Wins Law Office Chair-Collapse Case, Granted $2.2M
A would-be client, whose chair collapsed during consulting on a personal injury case, filed a premises...
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Kansas Supreme Court Suspends Law License of Former Attorney General
The Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of the state’s former attorney general on...
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Former Top Indianapolis Lawyer Sentenced to 10 Years
William Conour, a former lawyer from Indianapolis, once considered the best in his field, was sentenced on...
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Appeals Court Denies Shorter Sentence to Pedophile Professor
On Tuesday, the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the 25-year child pornography sentence against a former...
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Kansas Lawyer Disbarred For Stealing; Braintree Lawyer Repeatedly Disbarred
On Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court disbarred an Overland Park lawyer, Michael Clay Schnittker for...
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California Attorney General Sues For-Profit College Company
On Thursday, the California Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit against Corinthian Colleges Inc....
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Lawyer Alleges Georgia Ethics Commission Chairman Pressured Her to Settle Cases on Georgia Governor
On Friday, attorney Elisabeth Murray-Obertein filed an affidavit in a lawsuit brought by Georgia Ethics...
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Government Shutdown Doesn’t Slow Down Federal Courts
According to Howard Mintz’s editorial featured in the San Jose Mercury News, “Government shutdown: Federal...
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Maine Bar Allows Lawyer Who Called Bomb Threats to Continue Practice
On Monday, the Board of Overseers of the Maine Bar found that a Rumford attorney who called in bomb threats to...
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Leading Marijuana Attorney Taken In for Marijuana Use
Robert J. Corry, a leading advocate of marijuana in Colorado, and one who helped draft Colorado’s successful...
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Celebrity Lawyer Gloria Allred Joins NY Bar
On Tuesday, celebrity attorney Gloria Allred issued a statement announcing that she’s now licensed to...
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Paul Bergrin, Once-Famous NJ Attorney, Receives Six Life Sentences
On Monday, Paul Bergrin, a prominent former defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor of New Jersey,...
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Lack of a Secretary Leads to Asst. Public Defender Losing His Job
The backdrop of the recent job loss of Russell P. Martin, part-time Assistant Public Defender in Fulton County...
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Edwards Wildman Sued by Own Client for $43 Million
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, a 625-lawyer firm was in the news recently for opening an office in Istanbul....
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Third Circuit Reverses Conviction of Former Texas House Majority Leader
On Thursday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the 2010 money-laundering conviction of former...
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Government Accountability Office Report Shows ICE Released 2,837 Convicted Alien Sex Offenders
Recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) brings to light the release of 2,837 convicted...
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The New Tennessee Attorney Discipline Rules
Following a thorough overhaul of Rule 9 that governs attorney discipline in the state, the Tennessee Supreme...
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