Comments on: Top Lawyers Behaving Badly of 2009 http://avvoblog.com/2009/12/15/top-lawyers-behaving-badly-of-2009/ Find a Lawyer. Free Legal Advice. Lawyer Ratings. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Charles Moure http://avvoblog.com/2009/12/15/top-lawyers-behaving-badly-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-66700 Charles Moure Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:21:24 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4315#comment-66700 Not sure if Rothstien makes the list but still interesting story. Fort Lauderdale, FL (AHN) – Disbarred and disgraced Florida attorney Scott Rothstein was arrested and charged on Tuesday for running a $1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Reportedly he used his law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler PA to bilk investors while portraying himself as a philanthropic tycoon. http://www.inquisitr.com/50273/disgraced-florida-attorney-pleads-not-guilty-in-ponzi-scheme-charges/ Not sure if Rothstien makes the list but still interesting story.

Fort Lauderdale, FL (AHN) – Disbarred and disgraced Florida attorney Scott Rothstein was arrested and charged on Tuesday for running a $1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Reportedly he used his law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler PA to bilk investors while portraying himself as a philanthropic tycoon.

http://www.inquisitr.com/50273/disgraced-florida-attorney-pleads-not-guilty-in-ponzi-scheme-charges/

]]> By: Law Students, Lawyers and Judges With Broken Ethics Alarms, 2009 « Ethics Alarms http://avvoblog.com/2009/12/15/top-lawyers-behaving-badly-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-65865 Law Students, Lawyers and Judges With Broken Ethics Alarms, 2009 « Ethics Alarms Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:15:08 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4315#comment-65865 [...] are two cautionary end-of-year lists: from the Avvo blog, the “Top Lawyers Behaving Badly” list for 2009, and, though not rich a source for  black humor, the even more disturbing [...] [...] are two cautionary end-of-year lists: from the Avvo blog, the “Top Lawyers Behaving Badly” list for 2009, and, though not rich a source for  black humor, the even more disturbing [...]

]]> By: Alta http://avvoblog.com/2009/12/15/top-lawyers-behaving-badly-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-65822 Alta Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:57:17 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4315#comment-65822 How can you have forgotten Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, who refused to marry a couple because the woman is white and the man is black? He resigned November 3. How can you have forgotten Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, who refused to marry a couple because the woman is white and the man is black? He resigned November 3.

]]> By: Traffic Lawyer http://avvoblog.com/2009/12/15/top-lawyers-behaving-badly-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-65807 Traffic Lawyer Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:34:20 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4315#comment-65807 Wow, these are some bizarre stories. We shouldn't forget that these stories are aberrational and that the vast majority of attorneys are hard-working and ethical members of the bar. Wow, these are some bizarre stories. We shouldn’t forget that these stories are aberrational and that the vast majority of attorneys are hard-working and ethical members of the bar.

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