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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 ...
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 ...
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.
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief).
The post Judge Declines Request From Deshaun Watson’s Attorney appeared first on The Spun. According to a report from ESPN, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, filed a motion last week to delay ...
In the case The Attorney-General v. Baranage (2003) 1 Sri.L.R 340 has explained whether on what stage the court is entitled to make an order in accordance with aforesaid section. In this case The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka has stated that "if no reasonable person can place any reliance on such evidence, then it is a situation where there is ...
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 ...
Rhiannon Do worked at the Orange County district attorney's office for three months earlier this year, a spokesperson for the D.A.'s office confirmed to The Times. County officials said Do was not ...