State rep. charged with barratry

Posted on April 26th, 2012 No Comments

A state representative, who is also a former municipal court judge and attorney, was arrested on Tuesday night and charged with illegally soliciting legal cases. Another attorney went to police when he approached her as a client after she was involved in a car accident. Soliciting a client for legal services is illegal in Texas. [...]

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State Bar disciplines two Tarrant County lawyers

Posted on March 14th, 2012 No Comments

One lawyer has been disbarred and another has received five years probated suspension after the State Bar of Texas disciplined them for failing to keep their clients reasonably informed about the status of their cases, among other violations. A 62 year-old attorney from Bedford lost her license when, during a divorce case, she gave contrary [...]

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Lawyer fights for her license

Posted on October 20th, 2011 No Comments

A 55 year-old attorney is pursuing her case to the New Mexico Supreme Court after she says her license to practice law was suspended indefinitely by a political rival. She is urging the Supreme Court to reinstate her attorney privileges and her license. The woman says her law career began to take a turn for [...]

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Texas lawyer convicted in whistleblower case

Posted on October 7th, 2011 No Comments

A Texas attorney has been convicted of misusing official information, retaliation, and official oppression after he represented a physician who tried to find the identities of two whistleblowers who filed an anonymous complaint to the Texas Medical Board about his medical practices. The physician, with the help of close friend and sheriff of Kermit, Texas, [...]

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Lawyer suspended from practicing law for 2 years

Posted on July 12th, 2011 No Comments

A woman from Omaha narrowly avoided being disbarred on Friday but was suspended from practicing law for the next two years after she performed questionable acts on behalf of her elderly mother. The woman was involved in a long legal dispute with her family over who should take care of their mother. Although the woman [...]

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Knoxville lawyers fights for reinstatement of license

Posted on April 18th, 2011 No Comments

A personal injury lawyer from Knoxville, Tennessee is fighting for the reinstatement of his license after it was suspended in 2005. The man’s law office advertised free legal representation to victims of accidents and stated that the law office would only be paid if they won a case. The lawyer’s license was suspended because the Board of [...]

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