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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 ...
With certain exceptions, an attorney who becomes aware that either a fellow attorney or a judge has committed an act in violation of the rules of ethical conduct must report that violation. Failure to do so subjects the attorney failing to make the report to discipline. [2] The duty extends only to actual knowledge possessed by an attorney. An ...
A dictate that a lawyer who is participating or has participated in the legal matter shall not make statements outside the courtroom that the lawyer knows will be disseminated publicly and ...
Juror misconduct is when the law of the court is violated by a member of the jury while a court case is in progression or after it has reached a verdict. [1] Misconduct can take several forms: Communication by the jury with those outside of the trial/court case. Those on the outside include “witnesses, attorneys, bailiffs, or judges about the ...
Donald Johnson’s securities fraud trial is going forward Nov. 13 — period. That was Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer’s oft-repeated phrase during a Friday hearing on a slew of ...
McBride reset the case for trial on Oct. 24, with a pretrial motions hearing on Oct. 4. McBride also said he will docket Flakes’ next hearing for Sept. 9, to see if he has retained a new lawyer yet.
Judicial misconduct occurs when a judge acts in ways that are considered unethical or otherwise violate the judge's obligations of impartial conduct.. Actions that can be classified as judicial misconduct include: conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts (as an extreme example: "falsification of facts" at summary judgment); using the ...
The Ramsey County Attorney's Office paid him about $20,000 to testify in the trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who shot Castile during a 2016 traffic stop.