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2. Ineffective assistance of counsel - Wikipedia

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   Beard, the Supreme Court faulted the defendant's lawyer for not reviewing a file that the attorney knew would be used by the prosecution in the sentencing phase of the trial. [17] In Glover v. United States, a lawyer was held to be ineffective when he failed to object to the judge's miscalculation of the defendant's sentence. [18] In Hinton v.

3. Attorney misconduct - Wikipedia

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   Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...

4. List of disbarments in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In part for unethical practices in marketing legal service (i.e. through spamming). [16] Mark Ciavarella: Pennsylvania: October 31, 2019 — Former president judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas along with Michael Conahan convicted for the Kids for Cash scandal and currently serving 28 years in federal prison.

5. Louisiana attorney suspended from practicing after claiming ...

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   On May 29, the Louisiana Supreme Court suspended an attorney after claiming he was a god-king. ... Moses is the lead attorney at Moses Law Firm, LLC. and has been since 2006. He graduated from ...

6. Legal malpractice - Wikipedia

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   Negligence by the attorney, A loss or injury to the client caused by the negligence, and; Financial loss or injury to the client. To satisfy the third element, legal malpractice requires proof of what would have happened had the attorney not been negligent; that is, "but for" the attorney's negligence ("but for" causation). [3]

7. Disbarment - Wikipedia

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   In Australia, states regulate the Legal Profession under state law despite many participating in a uniform scheme. Admission as a lawyer is the business of the admissions board and the Supreme Court. Disciplinary proceedings may be commenced by the Bar Association, the Law Society of which one is a member, or the board itself.