Celebrity seems to do things to lawyers. Remember Michael Avenatti? Previously, he was best known for representing Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against Donald Trump; he is now a convicted felon and long-term resident of FCI Terminal Island.So, perhaps it’s
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Wisconsin Lawyer: Now Featuring Bonus Ethicking
I am mired in hearing prep and other work, so blogging has been and will be a little bit sparse for a bit.In the meantime, if you’ve missed me, check out my debut as an ethics columnist in the Wisconsin…
The Most Dangerous “Lawyer” In The World Is a 1L With a Westlaw Password
It’s August so that means new law students are arriving, and 2L/3L’s are starting their upper-level classes. (Anyone have anything from this blog on their syllabus? A girl can dream.)
First, welcome, new law students! I wrote a little Q&A…
Greetings from Denver
It’s early August, which means I am at the APRL Annual Meeting hanging with my nerd friends and learning about collateral estoppel, generative AI, and interstate practice, and other important topics in legal ethics and disciplinary defense. While I am…
It’s Better to Remain Silent and be Thought a [Bad Lawyer] Than To Speak Online and Remove All Doubt
I am a bit late to report this, but in June 2023, the State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Committee (on which I sit) released Formal Opinion EF-23-01, “Responding to Online Criticism.” In most cases, the Committee’s recommendation as to whether…
“Enrolled as inactive?” “Administratively Suspended?” What does that mean?
Over the weekend, we learned that the California State Bar “suspend[ed] 1,600 attorneys for violating rules set up after Tom Girardi allegedly stole millions.” At first blush, this sounds horrible—this many attorneys did what now? However, what that really…
Giuiliani, Here We Go Again
A committee of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended disbarment for America’s Mayor/Trump sycophant Rudy Giuliani. His DC woes aren’t over yet—this recommendation needs to be considered by the full Board and then the DC…
Retire the Kraken!
At least part of the 2020 election is coming to a close, as Lin Wood, once highly regarded for defending Richard Jewell, but now reduced to Kraken (or perhaps Kraken-adjacent) fame, is retiring his law license. He has been…
Farewell (?) E-banking Trust Account Rules, We Hardly Knew You
Effective today, Wisconsin trust account rules have sort-of caught up with the rest of the country, and finally acknowledge that electronic transactions really aren’t that scary. Under the Rules applicable from 2016 to yesterday (which the Wisconsin Lawyer optimistically described…
While I Was Out, All of the Sanctions Happened
So I was in DC last week, and, shockingly, offline for most of it. (Supreme Court photo accompanying this blog entry was a “just visiting” picture.) We’ve missed a few things while I was gone:
- The judge in the Mata
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