The ABA Journal has reported the curious case of a solo practitioner, Donald Brown, who was suspended for misrepresenting his attendance at Internet-based CLE (and, also, reprimanded him for representing a client in a divorce case after they had been
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This blog is three years old. If it were a child it could recognize colors and would hopefully be potty trained, though it still might need an afternoon nap. It launched on October 24, 2019. Before covid. Before Giuliani…
Welcome, Law Students? I'm Sure You've Got Questions
Pre-pandemic, I used to occasionally guest lecture in ethics classes at Marquette University Law School. Remote learning and restricted campus access put that on pause, but I’m excited to say the pause is over. Next month, I’ll be back…
There is Padding And Then There Is Whatever this Is
First, apologies for the lengthy absence, but between Covid, recovering from Covid, and a dumpster fire of a September calendar, time has been scarce.That’s an awkward intro to a short piece on lying about timekeeping and what you were doing,…
Be Careful With That Group Chat, You Don't Know What Company You Keep
First, greetings from the Covid Penalty Box. The plague finally hit my household last week, and I’m in time out for a bit. I’m feeling okay enough, but I am not 100%. The good(?) news is I was supposed to…
The Care and Feeding of a Lawyer Who’s Finally Done With Something
As I write this, I’ve spent the last two weeks preparing for and then actually in trial, with a two-day interruption for a nerd friend conference. I am finally done, and am using the one functioning brain cell I have…
What the heck…I mean you all saw that, right?
I’ve been deep in trial prep the last few days (and ahead of seeing my nerd friends at the Chicago conference, but that doesn’t mean my phone hasn’t been utterly lit up, as happens whenever a lawyer does something…
21st Century Trust Account Rules? Petition Seeks To Simplify
Recently, a viral Twitter conversation asked participants born before 1990 about their first online purchase. I’m really not sure—was it a book from the early days of Amazon? Some long-forgotten kitchen gadget? I know I was long out of college,…
A Stark Reminder About Confidentiality
Earlier this week, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced charges in four separate insider trading cases involving nine targets. Relevant here is the case against Seth Markin (pdf), who is accused of looking through his…
About Those Winds Again…
Late last week, I wrote about the case of Nathan DeLadurantey, who received a public reprimand for offensive personality involving harassment of a subordinate lawyer. A reader alerted me to the fact that the decision (which I linked to)…