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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 ...
The duty to report misconduct is one of the ethical duties imposed on attorneys in the United States by the rules governing professional responsibility. [1] 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.
Legal malpractice is the term for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, or breach of contract by a lawyer during the provision of legal services that causes harm to a ...
Complex Litigation columnist Michael Hoenig writes: Although the complex topic of deposition misbehavior is broad and the variants are many, the common thread running throughout the rules and the ...
To constitute ineffective counsel, a defendant's attorney's performance must have fallen below "an objective standard of reasonableness." [5] Courts are "highly deferential," indulging a "strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance."
The state Supreme Court has approved a new rule in the wake of the Girardi scandal that punishes attorneys who fail to report misconduct by their colleagues.
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 ...
Nathan Hochman claps during a Dec. 3 ceremony where he was sworn in as the new L.A. County district attorney after beating out incumbent George Gascón in last month's election.