Legal Ethics: Understanding the Attorney Discipline System (Part One)

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One of the scariest things an attorney can face is an allegation that he or she has violated the legal ethics rules or committed malpractice, and it’s not only incompetent, lazy or dodgy lawyers who get hit with misconduct complaints. In the latest program in this popular series, Zach McGee provides an overview of the attorney discipline system, including reviewing the safeguards that exist to ensure that attorneys who are accused of misconduct are afforded due process. This program also includes a detailed review of an actual case that was recently decided in California involving a real attorney, real findings of misconduct and real sanctions imposed to show how the attorney discipline system works in practice.