There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.
Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline.
Luistania Catastrophe Part II: Wreck Commission of 1915
REPORT OF WRECK COMMISSIONER’S COURT: Lusitania’s Sinking July 18, 1915 Michael Sean Quinn (For more information see below.) As everyone knows, out of the 1,959 persons (passengers and crew) on the Lusitania 1,195 perished when a German submarine torpedoed the cruiser...
Crime Against Lawyer
Young Lawyer Murdered: A Twisted Tale With a Twist Part II Michael Sean Quinn(See below*) Part, I of this story, was told earlier, in a blog of nearly the same name entered on April 14, 2015. It was revealed in the press a few days ago, which there is yet more to the...
Lusitania Sunk, Causes of Action, and Insurance — Part I
THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. LUSITANIA AND IMMEDIATE LITIGATION--MOST ESPECIALLY INCLUDING INSURANCE, Part I Michael Sean Quinn (See below*) May 7, 2015 will be the 100th birthday of the sinking of the cruise liner The Lusitania. It was one hell of a big boat,...
Crime Against Lawyer: Murdered for Reasons with Passage Through CyberLand
Young Lawyer Murdered: A Twisted Tale With a Twist Part I Michael Sean Quinn(See below) David Misserschmitt* ("L") was a lawyer at DLA Piper, a very large, global law firm, when he was murdered on February 9th, or so, earlier this year at the Donovan Hotel...
Legal Ethics: “Patrick’s Case”: A Long Short Story or Short Novella
On the Careers and Lives of Four Lawyers Michael Sean Quinn* This is a work of fiction describing the lives of several lawyers: two are excellent, one is less so, and one is affected deeply by problems and disorders. I wrote is 20 years ago, or so and it was published...
Legal Ethics: A Lawyer’s CLE “Sins” and Punishments: Sleeping, Snoring, and Shouting
The Offense of CLE Disruption *Michael Sean Quinn(See Below) A lawyer in Virginia "Lv"was recently suspended from practice for six months and put on probation for two years as the result of his conduct at a CLE meeting (perhaps on in 2014). For those...
LEGAL ETHICS: LAWYER CONDUCT–SOME REQUIREMENTS
SOME PRINCIPLES OF LAWYER CONDUCT: LECTURE NOTES of Michael Sean Quinn* 1. Lawyers (“Ls”) may not lead or permit their clients (“Cs”) to believe that they are substantially more experienced or competent than they are. ...
Legal Ethics: Fiduciary Duties of Lawyers
LEGAL ETHICS: FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF LAWYERS Michael Sean Quinn* 1. Attorneys owe their clients a duty of undivided loyalty. Employers Cas. Co. v. Tilley, 496 S.W.2d 552, 558 (Tex. 1973); Almanzar v. State, 682 S.W.2d 393, 94 (Tex. App.—El...
Lawyer Crime (#5) – Stealing from the State and Thence the Poor
CROOKED LAWYER AS "NEEDY" PIG Michael Sean Quinn* Ronald Stallings was sentence to prison time, and more, this January, for filing applications for fees after having been found guilty by a jury of first degree theft from the Alabama Fair Trial Tax Fund, the purpose of...
Legal Ethics, Lawyer Crime (#4): Lying Lawyers and Evil, Ugly Framing
"Courts are Backed Way Up," Can Be Lawyer's Lie Michael Sean Quinn, Author(See below) _____________________________________ A California couple (Cs) hired a lawyer (L) to recover from an insurance company of what appears to be a home owner's claim....
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