Episode 58 - Hardly Working

To support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards In this episode, we recap the four newest Ethy Awards nominees, including two nominees for Ms/Mr Uncongeniality: (1)  SPEED (Ms/Mr Uncongeniality) A lawyer has been interiorly suspended in both Kentucky and Ohio for threatening to "blow up" an allegedly corruption scheme. (2)  ENOUGH SAID (Pit Bull Award) An Illinois lawyer is being charged with ethics violations for filing at least 26 lawsuits against his town after it declined to hire him as an employee. (3)  MY COUSIN VINNY (Ms/Mr Uncongeniality) The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed a murder conviction because the prosecutor was demeaning and insulting in his cross-examination of the defendant's expert witness. (4)  TRADING FAVORS (Most Creative Billing) A Maine lawyer was reprimanded for bartering legal services in exchange for unspecified excavation services and a 2009 Audi.

To financial support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this long-awaited episode, Sean Carter explains the importance of regular ethical reminders and then unveils the four most recent Ethy nominees: 1)  A VIEW FROM THE TOP (Ms/Mr Uncongeniality) A Louisiana lawyer was suspended for six months for asking the opposing party to "wear something low cut" to an upcoming hearing. 2)  THE LITTLE MERMAID (Most Conflicted in a Legal Representation) A Massachusetts lawyer was reprimanded for representing a client in litigation while simultaneously attempting to be hired by the opposing lawyer firm.  3)  A TIME TO KILL (Critic's Choice Award) A New York lawyer was disbarred for disparaging and threatening posts to judges on social media. 4)  HARDLY WORKING (Most Creative Billing) A Tennessee lawyer was suspended for five years (with four years stayed) for falsifying time sheets and expense reports.

To financially support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this episode, there are four new nominees, including the Houston lawyer who recently gained notoriety/infamy for a failed defense of Alex Jones. (1)  ILLEGAL TENDER (Most Creative Billing) A Pennsylvania lawyer has been suspended on interim basis after being charged with promoting prostitution for accepting sex in payment for his legal services when defending women defendants with drug and/or financial problems. (2)  RETURN TO SENDER (Joan Rivers Award) A Texas lawyer is facing potential ethics (and malpractice) charges for inadvertently sending damaging information about his client to opposing counsel. (3)  A SIMPLE FAVOR (Least Competent in a Legal Setting) A Tennessee lawyer was suspended for 30 days for failing to provide competent representation to a client she had been dating on-and-off for 10 years. (4)  FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (Worst Temper in a Non-Legal Setting) A Kansas lawyer was suspended for at least one year for aggressive actions towards his ex-wife, father-in-law, current wife and step daughter.

To financially support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this episode, Sean Carter adds some important ethical insights to the levity as he introduces our newest nominees: (1)  BLACK WIDOW (Worst Temper in a Non-Legal Setting) A New York lawyer was suspended for three years for attacking fellow subway riders in two separate incidents over a six-month period. 2)  FRIDAY (Best Original Excuse) An Iowa lawyer was held in contempt and fined $5,000 for fabricating a story about being hospitalized with back pain in order to obtain a continuance and then blaming the misleading communication on his "confused" wife / legal assistant. 3)  BIG EYES (Archie Bunker Award) A British Columbia lawyer was suspended for 4 1/2 months for engaging in repeated acts of sexual harassment and making several racially-insensitive comments to his employees. 4)  3 STRIKES (Most Creative Tale) A Georgia lawyer was disbarred for communicating with a person represented by counsel and then lying about it.

To support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards In this episode, America's funniest lawyer introduces four more outrageous Ethy Award nominees and provides important reminders as to why Twitter is not always your friend: (1)  THE BONE COLLECTOR (Worst Love Scene) An Arizona lawyer was reprimanded and placed on 18 months probation for requesting to exchange nude photos with a client. (2)  OTHELLO (Worst Legal Strategy) A New Jersey lawyer was disbarred for refusing to acknowledged the laws and courts of the U.S. by virtue of her status as an "aboriginal indigenous Moorish American." (3)  DISCLOSURE (Eager Beaver Award) A South Carolina bar applicant was required to wait an additional one year before being admitted to the bar for his failure to disclose a college fraternity prank. (4)  DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? (Joan Rivers Award) A D.C. lawyer has been charged with ethical violations for posting sealed documents on Twitter along with "Where's my CA$H?" in response to a delay in receiving payment of her fee.

To support the podcast, please visit us at https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this episode, Sean Carter recaps the most recent Ethy Award nominations: (1)  JUWANNA MANN (Hitchcock Award) A North Carolina lawyer surrendered his law license after pleading guilty to impersonating his wife online and sending out nude pictures of her to strangers on the Internet. (2)  MOTHER (Judge Dredd Award) A Florida judge was suspended for 60 days and fined $30,000 for serving as her son's lawyer in a criminal matter to be heard in her jurisdiction. (3)  ERIN BROCKOVICH (Lifetime Achievement Award) The real life lawyer featured in the movie Erin Brockovich has been disbarred for not paying millions of dollars owed to clients. (4)  BLACKKKLANSMAN (Archie Bunker Award) A Maryland lawyer has been suspended indefinitely for writing a letter to her client that contained offensive and anti-Semitic language.

To financially support the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. America's foremost (and only) Humorist at Law Sean Carter is back on schedule with this weekly episode of the Ethy Awards.  The latest nominees are: (1)  THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (Worst Love Scene) An Ohio lawyer was suspended for two years for having an affair with a divorce client and then lying to everyone about it. (2)  A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES (Most Creative Billing) A Louisiana lawyer was suspended for 18 months for charging a client more than $100,000 to prepare a one-page form on her behalf. (3)  DRAGNET (Joan Rivers Award) A D.C. lawyer was publicly censured for including derogatory characterizations of the client in his motion to withdraw from representation. (4)  FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (Hitchcock Award) A complaint has been filed against an Illinois lawyer who used her access to public records for personal reasons.

To become a patron of the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this (too) long-awaited episode, we introduce four (4) new nominees for the 2023 Ethy Awards, including: (1)  RISKY BUSINESS (Worst Love Scene) A Nevada lawyer has been order to stop practicing law indefinitely after being charged with exchanging legal services for sex and broadcasting these encounters throughout his law offices. (2)  KINGPIN (Worst Temper) A South Carolina lawyer was suspended for nine (9) months for a physical altercation with his girlfriend at a bowling alley. (3)  IT (Most Creative Billing) A Massachusetts lawyer was suspended for one year and a day for obtaining reimbursement from both his law firm and a CLE sponsor for the same $1,952.85 he spent on wine for a post-conference cocktail reception. (4)  JOHN Q (Best Original Excuse) A New York lawyer was suspended for six months for lying about the status of a matter to her superiors within the law firm.  A serious medical condition made her extremely fearful of losing the health insurance provided by her employer.

To financially support the podcast, please feel free to become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards In this episode, Sean Carter recaps the most recent nominees, including the very rare nomination of a woman lawyer in the category of Worst Love Scene. (1)  COYOTE UGLY (Worst Love Scene) A Massachusetts lawyer was suspended for 90 days for sending nude selfies and explicit texts to a client.  See Massachusetts No. BD-2022-034. (2)  I CARE A LOT (Pit Bull Award) A one-year suspension has been recommended for an Illinois lawyer who took his elderly client suffering from dementia out of a nursing home so that she could withdraw $3,500 from her bank to pay his legal fees.  See Illinois Commission No. 2020PR00045. (3)  DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID (Least Competent in a Legal Setting) A complaint has been filed against an Illinois lawyer who attempted to settle a claim on behalf of a dead client.  See Illinois Commission No. 2022PR00039. (4)  PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Most Impaired in a Legal Setting) A Canadian lawyer was reprimanded for continuing to send drunken texts to other women lawyers with whom he had no professional dealings.  See 2022 MBLS 4.

To become a patron of the podcast, please visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/ethyawards. In this episode, legal humorist Sean Carter introduces the next four (4) Ethys nominees: (1)  PUNCHLINE (Archie Bunker Award) An ethics complaint has been filed against a Connecticut lawyer who used the N-word while performing at an amateur comedy night. (2)  THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (Eager Beaver Award) A Massachusetts candidate passes the bar exam on his 20th attempt, only to be denied admission for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law as a paralegal during the 30 years it took him to finally pass the bar. (3)  THE EMOJI MOVIE (Judge Dredd Award) A Tennessee judge was ordered recused from a trial and had some of his orders revoked as a result of statements that the judge made about the case in the press and on Facebook. (4)  PRIMARY COLORS (Most Creative Tale) A Tennessee lawyer was suspended for one-year for making misleading statements about his income in connection with an attempt to get his child support obligation reduced.