Well, it wasn’t really me who found him. It was Kevin Underhill, in one of his factual legal stories which he is joyous about relating in his blog, Lowering The Bar.<\/p>\n
Take a look and if any of you is in touch with Trump, you might think about a recommendation here. This guy — even if he loses his license to practice law — is right up Trump’s alley.<\/p>\n
Also in trouble<\/em><\/a> was a lawyer who demanded $245,000 to settle a claim, an amount he said was necessary to compensate his client for past injuries and \u201cfuture pain and physical limitations\u201d that would \u201clikely\u201d include \u201csignificant arthritis.\u201d In fact, he knew future harm was not at all likely, says the state bar<\/a>, because that client had died of unrelated causes nine months before. The complaint quotes an email the lawyer received two days before making the demand, telling him that \u201c[t]he client is dead so we cannot contact him directly.\u201d (I assume efforts to contact him indirectly also failed.) The defendant\u2019s insurer agreed to pay $60,000, but changed its mind after learning the truth. The complaint alleges the lawyer violated ethics rules by lying and by negotiating a settlement \u201cwithout [the client\u2019s] authority because he was deceased.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it wasn’t really me who found him. It was Kevin Underhill, in one of his factual legal stories which he is joyous about relating in his blog, Lowering The Bar. Take a look and if any of you is … Continue reading