The Professional Responsibility department has been introducing Triple - P (principled, proportionate, proactive) concepts into its response to
complaints against lawyers where appropriate.
Not exact matches
Ms. Mason has also served on the Editorial Board for the Alabama Trial
Lawyers Association and the grievance committee for the Houston County Bar Association, where she investigated complaints by clients against their l
Lawyers Association and the grievance committee for the Houston County Bar Association,
where she investigated
complaints by clients
against their
lawyerslawyers.
If you feel that your
lawyer has acted in an unethical manner, each state has a «grievance» procedure
where you can file a
complaint against your
lawyer and have your
complaint investigated.
The Legal Ombudsman works to achieve informal resolution of
complaints by facilitating a mutually agreeable solution between the parties, but also can make formal directions
against lawyers where agreement can not be reached.
Feb. 8, 2010)(dismissing disciplinary
complaints against Connecticut
lawyers for participating in ClearBankruptcy.com and TotalBankruptcy.com, noting that the websites did not endorse participating
lawyers but bore disclaimers to the contrary and required potential clients to initiate contact by visiting the websites and voluntarily providing information); Arizona Op. 11 - 02 (
lawyer may join an internet group advertisement listing no more than one
lawyer for each zip code if program does not imply endorsement, if it is labelled as advertising, and if
lawyer has paid for exclusive zip code listing); District of Columbia Op. 302 (
lawyers may pursue legal work through paying a fee to access web page
where potential clients post requests for bids on legal work); Nassau County (N.Y.) Ethics Op. 01 - 4, 17 Law.
Many agents and brokers hate this idea, but consider, if you could find out before you went to a doctor or a
lawyer,
where they went to college,
where they went to law school,
where they graduated in their class, how long they have been practicing, if they have any
complaints against them... would you, as a consumer, find this information valuable?