Tag Archives: ABA Model Rule 8.4
The Legal Profession’s Muddled Standard For “Fitness To Practice”
The legal profession’s standard for discipline is incomprehensible. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
I’m Worried About “The Good Wife”
“The Good Wife” seems to be getting more cavalier with its ethics breaches, a disappointing trend. Continue reading
Now THIS is Incivility!
Another in a continuing series. Continue reading
Filed under Etiquette and manners, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
Dishonest Excuse of the Month
Is dropping his trousers to counsel two troubled youths unethical for a lawyer who lies about it later? Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Quotes, Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
“The Good Wife” Ethics, Season #2: Alicia, Kalinda, and Pretexting
In “Taking Control,” Kalinda (the beautiful, brilliant and innovative investigator, played by Archie Punjabi, who is employed by Alicia’s law firm) tracks down a witness by a phone ruse, lying to a series of restaurant owners by pretending to be the witness and persuading them to read her the witness’s address. While anyone who was a fan of “The Rockford Files” or any other TV show about private investigators wouldn’t blink at this conduct, someone in the employ of a lawyer and under a lawyer’s supervision is prohibited from engaging in this kind of deception. Continue reading
Is “Have a Nice Day, You Piece of Shit!” An Unethical Goodbye?
An ethics complaint has been filed against an Illinois attorney who, as he left a courtroom, bid farewell to his opposing party with the words, “Have a nice day, you piece of shit!” Continue reading
Filed under Daily Life, Etiquette and manners, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
Unethical To Be Too “Hard-Working”
When you bill more than 24 hours in a day, that’s a red flag… Continue reading
Filed under Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
