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Episode 26 - Taking the Fall
Returning to our normal format, Sean Carter introduces the nominees in four (4) new cases in four (4) new categories:
(1) MAID TO ORDER (Most Creative Billing)
An Ohio lawyer resigned from the bar after making sexual advances to five (5) women clients, including asking one client to clean his home in the nude.
(2) THE STING (Outlawyer Award)
A New York lawyer was suspended for three (3) years after his conviction for attempting to help a friend extort money from another friend and use a rabbi to launder the ill-gotten proceeds.
(3) PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (Least Competent in a Legal Setting)
An Ohio lawyer received an 18-month suspension for a string of errors and omissions that resulted in a client not only losing her case but being jailed for 10 days as a result.
(4) TAKING THE FALL (Most Conflicted in an Adversarial Proceeding)
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a lawyer who was initially retained to represent the ex-husband can be sued for malpractice by the ex-wife if the lawyer convinces her to take the fall for her former spouse when she is not otherwise represented by counsel.
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Returning to our normal format, Sean Carter introduces the nominees in four (4) new cases in four (4) new categories:
(1) MAID TO ORDER (Most Creative Billing)
An Ohio lawyer resigned from the bar after making sexual advances to five (5) women clients, including asking one client to clean his home in the nude.
(2) THE STING (Outlawyer Award)
A New York lawyer was suspended for three (3) years after his conviction for attempting to help a friend extort money from another friend and use a rabbi to launder the ill-gotten proceeds.
(3) PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (Least Competent in a Legal Setting)
An Ohio lawyer received an 18-month suspension for a string of errors and omissions that resulted in a client not only losing her case but being jailed for 10 days as a result.
(4) TAKING THE FALL (Most Conflicted in an Adversarial Proceeding)
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a lawyer who was initially retained to represent the ex-husband can be sued for malpractice by the ex-wife if the lawyer convinces her to take the fall for her former spouse when she is not otherwise represented by counsel.