The Maryland Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended an attorney based on the joint petition of Bar Counsel and the attorney Upon consideration of the parties’ joint petition for the indefinite suspension, pursuant to Rule 19-736(b), of attorney Sonya Nicole Hamlin, it
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Drinking On The Job
The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for misconduct as a judicial magistrateEffective August 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of Tennessee suspended Ray Hal Jenkins from the practice of law for two (2) years as an active suspension with…
There Once Were Two Crimes In Nantucket
Over an impassioned dissent, the Massachusetts Appeals Court dismissed in the main claims that two residents of Nantucket were unconstitutionally silenced in raising concerns about the investigation of an unsolved hate crime and a hit-and-run at a town meetingThe plaintiffs…
Par For The Course
A disciplinary hearing is being conducted before a hearing committee of the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board on charges relating to this announcement by the United States Securities and Exchange CommissionThe Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Philadelphia attorney…
Combining Representation And Expert Opinions Not Ethically Appropriate
An opinion of the Rhode Island Ethics Advisory Panel on combining the roles of counsel and expert witnessFACTSBefore joining the Rhode Island Bar, the inquiring attorney served as an experienced real estate development practitioner who frequently testified as an expert…
Murder Charge Draws Provisional Suspension
The Delta Optimist had the story of a recent provisional suspension of an attorney's license by the Quebec Disciplinary Council after his June 2025 indictment on first degree murder chargesQuebec's bar association has suspended the lawyer's licence of Leonardo Rizzuto,…
Accountability
An attorney's consent to disbarment was accepted by the Maryland Supreme Court. The Daily Record (Maryland) reportedThe Maryland Supreme Court on Monday disbarred David Andrew Edelstein of Bethesda, a former lawyer for the U.S. Government Accountability Office who pleaded guilty…
No Palpable Error
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has denied reconsideration of a 30-day suspensionOn June 20, 2025, Respondent filed a motion seeking reconsideration of the Attorney Discipline Board’s May 29, 2025 Order Affirming, In Part, and Vacating, In Part, Findings of Misconduct,…
Inanimate Objects And Dogs
A preliminary injunction was entered by a judge of the North Carolina General Court of Justice of Wake County Superior Court Division based on findings raising concerns about the health of an attorney.Dant should be enjoined from engaging in the…
Single Justice Affirmed
The full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the conclusions of a single justice imposing a three-year suspension for misconduct in bankruptcy mattersOn August 11, 2022, the Office of Bar Counsel (bar counsel) filed with the Board of Bar Overseers (board)…