February 2022 LEMR Lead Article This article is featured in Volume 3, Number 2 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. The Code of Judicial Conduct warns that a judge is a judge “at all times” and that his “extra-judicial” conduct may be subject to scrutiny—even discipline—if it undermines the judge’s independence, integrity, or impartiality; […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: The Judicial Discipline of Judge Clark FORTHCOMING AUTHORITY: Judicial Commands to Remove the Masks BOOK REVIEW: The Anointed: New York’s White-Shoe Law Firms—How They Started, How they Grew, and How They Ran the Country BLAST FROM THE PAST: Excerpt: The Oath of an Attorney at Law EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED […]
From celebrating our 20th anniversary to the retirement of one of our founding partners, Ross Hollander, Joseph, Hollander & Craft had a big year in 2021. Paper copies of our Year in Review publication should be hitting mailboxes any minute. Meanwhile, eager readers may download a PDF of the YIR today. Feel free to circulate […]
Table of Contents Featured Topic So You Want to be a Writer: Ethical Issues for Lawyers New Authority Proposed Amendments to Model Rules of Professional Conduct Ethics and Malpractice Research Tip New Articles Drawn from the Current Index of Legal Periodicals A Blast from the Past A Selection from the Diary of John Quincy Adams […]
Cryptocurrency and divorce by Family Law Attorney Rylee Broyles These days, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies1 are all the rage. As such, the issue of bitcoin is bound to pop up in divorce cases. While the idea of dividing bitcoin as a marital asset might be a foreign and daunting concept to divorce practitioners (especially the […]
Featured Topic Defending a Judicial Misconduct Case Just as attorneys tend to focus on upholding their substantive duties under the Code of Professional Responsibility over the procedure that ensues should they be accused of falling short, judges tend to focus on the substance of the Code of Judicial Conduct rather than what proceedings will follow […]