Tagged: ethical misconduct

“Any attorney…admitted to conduct cases in any court of the United States or any Territory thereof who so multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.”

Source: 28 U.S.C. § 1927.

equal protection under the law…

In a leading case, People v. Bergmann, 807 P.2d 568 (Colo. 1991), the Colorado Supreme Court disbarred a Colorado lawyer for failing to file a client’s demand for arbitration, despite repeated requests from his client. The court held that the deliberate neglect of a legal matter (this included arbitration) violated several disciplinary rules.

Source: Steven C. Bennett, Who Is Responsible For Ethical Behavior By Counsel in Arbitration? Arbitration. May/June 2008.