Letting down the law

Article Abstract:

Lawyers who commit misconduct in client relationships can expect strong discipline from courts eager to protect the profession's reputation, and can not expect to use entrapment as a defense in disciplinary proceedings. Albert Fowerbach's 1992-93 deceit of a client using faked court documents led the Supreme Court of Ohio to overrule a hearing panel's recommendation of public reprimand, instead suspending his license for six months. Stephen Kennedy's payment of putative runners for client referrals is also discussed.

United States

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The court found that victim solicitation warranted a public reprimand

Article Abstract:

Attorneys Fady and Magdy Anis were publicly reprimanded for direct-mail solicitation of the father of one of the victims of the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a few weeks after the tragedy, when the father's vulnerable state made him unlikely to exercise good judgment in the selection of counsel. This type of solicitation was deemed to be intrusive and the attorneys were also accused of making false claims regarding their qualifications in their solicitation.

Cases, Ambulance chasing

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For his activities, he improperly borrowed more than $1 million from clients

Article Abstract:

An attorney who overcharged and diverted clients' funds for his own use while in the manic phase of bipolar disorder was suspended rather than disbarred in Washington because his disorder was deemed enough of a mitigating circumstance to justify the lesser sanction.

Analysis, Bipolar disorder

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