ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Suspension for failure to properly represent DUI client… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, Arizona consent disbarment
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Consent to Arizona disbarment based on ethical violations requires preclusive effect in Montana whether or not conduct admitted, but conduct not type for which disbarment typically ordered in Montana, warrants “substantially different discipline” under exception to Rule… public censure ordered… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, misappropriating settlement
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Attorney not required to disgorge $120,000 fee from widow’s $300,000 MVA death settlement as disgorgement not specified in RLDE, but must pay $65,547.10 restitution, disbarred immediately for “borrowing” substantial part of settlement… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, intra-firm conflicts
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Public admonitions to be imposed by COP for intra-firm conflicts in estate matter, following discussion of whether “minor misconduct”/attorney privacy require public or private admonition… COP. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, request for disbarment
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Attorney’s request for immediate disbarment to allow clients to seek client protection funds denied… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, misappropriation of settlement
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Suspension for misappropriation of client’s money, failure to promptly/fully respond to ODC… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, client advances
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Censure/probation for, inter alia, client advances… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, discovery/client informed
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Censure/probation for, inter alia, failure to comply with discovery, keep client informed… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, disability/inactive request
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Lawyer must be transferred to disability/inactive status upon request pursuant to MRLDE 28F… order. [Read more…]
Attorney discipline, failure to file taxes
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: Attorney censured for failure to file tax returns… order.
COP accepted James Molloy’s admission and recommended that he be [Read more…]