Sentences with phrase «discipline against that lawyer»

Not exact matches

The church advised him not to speak to me, hired a lawyer for him and then started church discipline proceedings against me.

Berman attacked the league while questioning one of its lawyers at two hearings, citing a lack of proof against Brady and asking how Goodell settled on a four - game suspension instead of other discipline.

The indivual law societies are also responsible for disciplining lawyers and investigating complaints against lawyers.

Could including more solo and small firm lawyers on discipline panels be what it takes to ensure that complaints against prominent attorneys are treated as seriously as those against solo and small firm lawyers?

«Disciplinary action has been taken in Canada against lawyers who for example, called opposing counsel «clueless,»» Maureen Boyd, the LSBC's manager of discipline, says in the Bulletin.

The claim said that the law society felt compelled to initiate and continue the investigations against DeMerchant and Sukonick because of public pressure it was facing at the time to discipline lawyers that had worked on the transactions.

These are powerful arguments but not dissimilar to those used in the past against the accreditation and regulation of professionals generally, and it was long ago decided that machinery to discipline lawyers and doctors etc, was essential in modern society.

That is the new market in which legal firms find themselves; you are no longer competing only with the Magic Circle firms to attract the crème de la crème, you're up against Tesco, the Government Legal Service, anyone who has a good place for an in - house lawyer — and when talking to students or school children you're up against every other potential discipline into which they might throw themselves.

Physician misconduct defense lawyer Norm Pattis discusses complaints against Connecticut and New York doctors, medical misconduct in general, physician discipline in CT and NY, types of sexual misconduct, improper examinations, inappropriate touching, Connecticut and New York medical board defense options and other issues involved with a patient alleges sexual misconduct.

Various reports indicate that 40 - 70 percent of discipline and malpractice claims against lawyers involve depression or substance abuse.

If the lawyer has not been disciplined, or if civil or criminal court proceedings are pending against him, investigation of your claim may be deferred until those proceedings are concluded.

On the other hand, the OLPR issues about 125 private admonitions each year, about 20 to 25 private probations, and pursues public discipline against 30 to 40 lawyers each year.

Remember the LSUC's conflict of interest discipline hearing against Torys lawyers Beth DeMerchant (now retired) and Darren Sukonick?

Warman et al. v. Law Society of Alberta 2015 ABCA 368 Administrative Law — Practice Summary: The Conduct Committee of the Law Society of Alberta discontinued discipline proceedings against a lawyer without notice to the two people who had filed the complaint in the first place (i.e., the complainants).