Lawyers Behaving Badly

I could write my entire Professional Responsibility exam about this guy: The New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board is recommending disbarment for a lawyer who manufactured fake billings for nonexistent clients, first at Fox Rothschild and then at Margolis Edelstein. The board found that Kenneth Denti, 51, violated ethics rules against fraud by drawing a salary [...]

Hell hath no fury like a law firm associate scorned

Edward Harrington Heyburn left New Jersey law firm Levinson Axelrod in 2004, apparently on bad terms. More than five years later, it seems Heyburn still bears a grudge. In September of this year, he launched a website, “Levinson Axelrod Sucks“, where he has been trash-talking his former employers. The firm is now threatening to strike [...]

Lawyers behaving badly

Proof that “public interest” lawyers are not immune from asshole behavior: A former Legal Aid Society lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally using a hidden video camera to spy on female co-workers as they changed clothes in their offices. Peter Barta, 32, of Queens, used a camera hidden in a clock to videotape five co-workers [...]

Solipsism of the day

The Recorder, California’s daily legal newspaper, has this story about the wildfires that have forced half a million people to evacuate: Calif. Wildfires Drive Lawyers From Homes, Offices

Stupid lawyer tricks

The attorney in this story deserves to be disbarred, if not for his misconduct then for his sheer stupidity: What started as a dispute between neighbors over a swimming pool has led to the arrest of a Long Island attorney. Laurence S. Jurman of Dix Hills, N.Y., allegedly forged the name of Supreme Court Justice [...]

Is this a common occurrence?

Stein calls attention to a bemusing memorandum posted at Alabama’s Limestone Correctional Facility: When an attorney arrives intoxicated at the prison for a legal visit, the policy shall be that he shall be escorted out of the facility. If correctional officers assess the attorney as too impaired to drive, the Madison County Sheriff shall be [...]

Tort Man v. Corporate Avenger

And speaking of unlikely comic book heroes … (Thanks to Conglomerate Blog for the tip.)

It’s not the money, it’s the recipes

Once again, here’s a song that came up on the iPod on my way home this evening. I may make this an irregular feature.

A determined advocate for workers

One of the really great things about my current job, which I’m getting ready to leave, is that I’ve had the opportunity to work with and get to know some outstanding and dedicated workers’ rights attorneys. The partner I’ve been working most closely with is profiled here (sign up for free trial to read complete [...]