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Attorney Misconduct
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Years of Ridiculous Legal Malpractice Yields an Interim Suspension
Matter of Spiegelman 2026 NY Slip Op 06252 October 27, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department Per Curiam contains way too many specifications of wrong conduct, legal malpractice, quasi-criminal acts leads…
Legal Futures Blog
Strike off for solicitor who backdated letter and blamed laptop
Laptop: Solicitor tried to blame technologyA solicitor has been struck off for creating letters to mislead both his opposite number and his own firm in a bid to cover up…
Legal Futures Blog
SRA and Law Society to collect £224m from solicitors
By Neil Rose
Law Society: Annex up for rentThe Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are set to collect a total of £224m in fees from solicitors for the next practising year…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Attorney disbarred for misappropriating client funds
By Kallie Cox
Listen to this article An attorney was disbarred by the Missouri Supreme Court after an investigation revealed he misappropriated client funds and engaged in misconduct. The attorney, Adam Gohn, closed…
Legal Futures Blog
Solicitor struck off for selling property without co-owner’s knowledge
By Neil Rose
A solicitor who sold a property he part-owned without the knowledge of his co-owner has been struck off, with the SDT finding he was “primarily motivated" by resentment. The post…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A False Lease?
In Coalition of Landlords, Homeowners, & Merchants, Inc. v Glass, https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2025/2025_05936.htm2025 NY Slip Op 05936 [242 AD3d 1172] October 29, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department it was alleged that a…
Legal Futures Blog
Solicitors fined for misconduct over purchase of law firm
By Neil Rose
A woman who used a solicitor to buy a law firm while she was still a trainee, and then practised unsupervised, has been fined for misconduct. The post Solicitors fined…
Legal Futures Blog
Suspended suspension for “manifestly incompetent” solicitor
A “manifestly incompetent” solicitor who facilitated one fraudulent and three potentially fraudulent property transactions has been given a suspended suspension. The post Suspended suspension for “manifestly incompetent” solicitor appeared first…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Judiciary Law 487 Claim Lost At Trial
Not that many Judiciary Law 487 cases go to trial, and fewer are successful. Josephs v AACT Fast Collections Servs. Inc. 2025 NY Slip Op 34427(U) November 18, 2025 Supreme…
Legal Profession Blog
“Multiple Acts Of Dishonesty” Draw Censure
The New Jersey Supreme Court has censured an attorney for misconduct described in a letter decision of the Disciplinary Review BoardThe Disciplinary Review Board (the Board) has reviewed the motion…