Insurance coverage dispute Goodman v. MEDMARC INS., 2012 Ohio 4061 – Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2012 – Google Scholar. This case involves an insurance coverage dispute. The lawyer was the policyholder and he was sued for legal malpractice. An Ohio court has ruled in favor of an…
ARDC Claims Legal Fee Was Unreasonable BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD OF THE. One portion of the allegations against this lawyer concern an unreasonable fee. The lawyer represented an 84 year old woman who lived in a retirement community. The lawyer prepared routine estate planning documents and charged her $2500,…
Huber v. MUES, 2012 Ohio 2540 – Ohio: Court of Appeals, 2nd Appellate Dist. 2012 – Google Scholar. This case would have been timely in Illinois, or many other states, but it was filed in Ohio, which has a one-year statute of limitations for legal malpractice. Ohio does observe the…
Dombrowski v. Bulson, 2012 NY Slip Op 4203 – NY: Court of Appeals 2012 – Google Scholar. This case arose out of a dispute between a client suing his former criminal defense attorney. The Court noted that New York has rejected nonpecuniary damages in malpractice in civil cases. It…
Cullinan v. FEHRENBACHER, Ill: Appellate Court 2012 – Google Scholar. This case alleges malpractice. It is unusual because the defendants moved for a stay of the case. A stay stops the proceedings dead in their tracks. The defendants filed this motion because the alleged malpractice arose out of estate planning…
The Law Offices of Nye and Associates, Ltd., v. Eduardo Boado, 2012 Il App (2d) 11084. Plaintiff Nye is a law firm that filed a fee collection case against a former client. Nye I In September 2o08, Nye sued the former client. On March 17, 2010, Nye moved to voluntarily…
BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD OF THE. The ARDC has filed a complaint against a lawyer alleging that he billed false time to a matter while he was working for a law firm. Obviously, this is a complaint and has not been proven. The lawyer has the right to counsel and…
The caption of this case is Evanston Insurance Company v. Riseborough and Jacobson and Riseborough, 1-10-2660. The opinion is not available online or on the website of the Appellate Court. I learned of this case when I read an excellent article by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. I am amazed that…
Thomas E. Spahn has published an article titled “A Practical Roadmap To The New Illinois Ethics Rules.” The article compares the 2010 Illinois ethics rules with the ABA model rules and the previous 1990 version of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct. The article can be found at 35 Southern…
Filed May 24. This is an opinion of the ARDC review board, the final step before a disciplinary matter goes before the Illinois Supreme Court. The ARDC charged the lawyer with failing to disclose her financial interest in six real estate closings because she was the title agent. Moreover,…