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Personal Responsibility
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a single justice's disbarment orderFrom July 2007 to July 2013, the respondent's firm employed Ross Annenberg as an associate attorney. While working for…
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A Reluctant Recommendation For Disbarment
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility found that an attorney had engaged in reckless misappropriation of an advanced fee and must be disbarred.The decision underscores the strict requirements…
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(Don’t) Leave It To Beaver
A Hearing Committee of the Alberta Law Society has suspended an attorney for one year as a result of his collaboration with a disbarred lawyerMr. Green was called to the…
Virtual Currency Report
Some Voyager Creditors May Get Cash Back that is Held at Bank
The bankruptcy court in the Voyager case issued an order authorizing that funds held in two specific accounts (FBO accounts) at Metropolitan Commercial Bank, which are administered by Voyager, are…
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Prior Lack Of Discipline No Bar To Disbarment
A two-year suspension was increased to disbarment by the Michigan Attorney Discipline BoardHere, “absence of a prior disciplinary record” is the sole mitigating factor presented and should not have been…
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Check Kiting With Escrow Account Draws Disbarment
The Indiana Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney on stipulated factsRespondent currently is under an order of interim suspension arising from his September 2021 conviction for check deception. Matter of…
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The $240K That Appeared
A reprimand has been imposed by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers on these factsThe respondent is a real estate practitioner who received, into an IOLTA account, funds from lenders…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Alberta law society introduces changes to trust safety rules for lawyers holding client funds
On average, $150 billion flow through Alberta lawyers' trust accounts per year
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A Mighty Fortress
A majority of the Illinois Review Board has recommended a three-year suspension for false expense chargesRespondent began working at Vedder Price P.C., a large international law firm, as a summer…
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Corrective Measures Lead To Stayed Suspension
An attorney's decades-long practice of placing advanced fees in her operating account in violation of escrow obligations drew a stayed six-month suspension from the Ohio Supreme CourtSabol is a solo…