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- Carson City District Court Judge James Wilson dismisses Joey Gilbert’s election fraud suit. [RGJ]
- CCSD Trustees are not big fans of proposals to add appointed members to the board. [Las Vegas Sun]
- CCSD Trustees also approved the $95K settlement with the superintendent they fired and rehired. [Fox5Vegas]
- Man sues La Bonita grocery store after partial collapse injures him. [8NewsNow]
- Landlord requires Section 8 tenant to sign sex contract to lease home. [KTNV]
- Bodycam footage release of police encountering Marshawn Lynch behind the wheel of an undrivable car. [8NewsNow]
- The 6th Circuit ruled that chalking tires is unconstitutional. [ABA Journal]
TTHHWWAACCKK!!! I'm Back!
Said the CnP Poser guy.
Said the CnP Poser guy.
Can't wait for the release of the subpoena!
Re labor, here’s an idea, how about OBC members be forced to work in the actual practice of law before becoming “experts” in the operation of practicing law
Firms with more than 3 lawyers are largely exempt from the critical, uninformed scrutiny of a washed out prosecutor who applies "facts" to "rules."
Firms with more than 30 lawyers have absolute immunity.
I'd really like to know an example of the OBC ignoring a complaint filed against a lawyer working at a firm of 30+ lawyers. There are systems in place at large firms to avoid these things. That's why you don't see OBC even needing to discipline larger firm lawyers. Also, don't large firms typically have an in-house ethics attorney?
If you think that large firms are not immune from discipline, you are either new or naive to how discipline works in Nevada. With that said, large firms have corporate clients whose first remedy is not to file a discipline complaint against their counsel because they know that it will waive the attorney/client privilege and drag them into a morass. Small firms represent individuals and small businesses who are more likely to resort to the OBC (no different than a construction dispute over the Harmon is going to business court and not to the Nevada State Contractors Board).
I started my career at a large firm (by Nevada standards) and they engaged in some of the shadiest behavior ever. Since working at small firms I have not seen anything even remotely close to the bad behavior I saw there.
Dear 1:25, I am going to out myself if any OBC are reading this, but I received a Letter of Caution one time a couple of years ago. As part of my arguments for context, I went back through every single report of discipline EVER, and found that less than 1% of discipline was to firms with more than 2 attorneys. Do you think that is coincidence? I understand all the arguments about larger firms having systems, etc. but in reality it is because of the incestuous relationship with large firm's connections to the BOG, etc. My best advice to new SOLO's – infiltrate the Bar in any way possible and join them.
Kim Cushing was at large defense firm and the guy Cohen was at a big firm. Both suspended from practice.
2:07 – The exception proves the rule. Cohen straight up stole from the firm and the client for an extended period of time. Cushing the same, but also lied about it when joining another firm.
Nelson Cohen was turned in by Bremer Whyte so that is an exception to the rule (and actually supports the theory that OBC supports big firms). Cushing was the same– turned in by his firm.
The exception proofs the rule, it does not prove it. Thank you George Carlin.
Someone always turns someone in. The state bar doesn’t go around picking firms like duck duck goose. Sometimes it is a client, the firm or a vendor. Whoever is affected is usually the one turning someone in.
3:21 – The problem is that there is no transparency as to whom complaints are made against. Is it truly that less complaints are made against big firm attorneys or is this just our supposition or justification? Or is it that large firm attorneys are given more deference or special treatment once complaints are made?
Has OBC ever publicly disciplined a prosecutor? According to Chief Bar Counsel's LinkedIn: "Experienced Prosecuting Attorney with a history of prosecution and litigation."
Interested to know how OBC handles discipline matters against prosecutors.
What in that quote says OBC prosecutes prosecutors? Unless I'm taking out of context your statement.
3:37 – if you disclosed all complaints that would be a bigger issue. Just because a complaint is filed doesn’t make it an active case. An anonymous person can actually file a complaint online and you will likely have to respond. You think that should be transparent? All findings are public as any discipline has to go to Supreme Court.
At what point will a judge sanction Craig Mueller for filing stupid lawsuits with fake experts?
Is anyone else having trouble with Justice Court Partner Portal today?
So the sex for lease case has Andrew Wasilewski representing the sex-requiring realtor. Talk about the weird leading the weird.
I went and read some of the pleadings in Torres v. Rothstein. Wacky stuff and yeah Wasielewski's pleadings read like they were written by someone in an argument in a bar.