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  2. Ineffective assistance of counsel - Wikipedia

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    Ineffectiveness claims can be brought by defendants who pled guilty to a plea deal and did so following the bad advice of counsel. Such claims typically arise when the defendant's lawyer fails to inform their client about the "collateral" consequences of their guilty plea. Collateral consequences include the loss of the ability to vote ...

  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. Marsden motion - Wikipedia

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    A Marsden motion is the only means by which a criminal defendant can fire a court-appointed attorney or communicate directly with a judge in a California state court. [1] It is based on a defendant's claim that the attorney is providing ineffective assistance or has a conflict with the defendant.

  5. American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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    2.1: Attorney's role as a candid advisor on topics within and outside of the law. [15] 3 Advocate 3.3: Duty of Candor in communications with a court. [16] 3.4: Responsibility for cooperation and fair dealing with other parties and attorneys. [17] 3.8: Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor. [18] 4 Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients

  6. Objection (United States law) - Wikipedia

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    An attorney may also raise an objection against a judge's ruling, to preserve the right to appeal that ruling. Under certain circumstances, a court may need to hold some kind of pretrial hearing and make evidentiary rulings to resolve important issues like personal jurisdiction, or whether to impose sanctions for extreme misconduct by parties or counsel.

  7. Attorney files motion to preserve records in judges recusal ...

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    Dec. 15—WILKES-BARRE — An attorney for the man seeking the recusal of all Luzerne County judges from his divorce and child custody case filed a motion to preserve phone, computer and any and ...

  8. Disbarment - Wikipedia

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    Richard P. Liebowitz, a New York attorney focused on copyrights held by photographers, was disbarred by the state of New York in 2024 following suspension from the practice of law in the Southern District of New York. His disbarment followed what was described as a "pattern and practice of failing to comply with court orders and making false ...

  9. Practice of law - Wikipedia

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    Texas law generally prohibits a person who is not an attorney from representing a client in a personal injury or property damage matter, and punishes a violation as a misdemeanor. [9] Some states also criminalize the separate behavior of falsely claiming to be lawyer (in Texas, for example, this is a felony if done to obtain economic benefit). [10]