Lawyer gets stayed suspension for unintelligible brief; she said she mistakenly filed the draft version
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An Ohio lawyer chided for submitting an appellate brief that was “inadequate, incoherent and unintelligible” will receive a stayed suspension from law practice.
Lawyer Kimberly Anne Valenti, of Hudson, Ohio, was sanctioned for failing to competently and diligently represent clients in three matters, according to the April 21 Ohio Supreme Court opinion imposing the six-month stayed suspension. The Legal Profession Blog noted the decision.
In one of the matters, Valenti was appointed as appellate counsel to represent Richard Doak, who had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Ohio Supreme Court. She failed to file the appeals brief by the extended deadline she sought, then filed it after a show-cause order. She did not file a reply brief.
Former New York AG Eric Schneiderman is suspended for abusing women
Eric Schneiderman resigned as New York attorney general in 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be suspended from law for one-year for physically abusing two women during long-term relationships and a third woman, a lawyer, during a romantic encounter.
Schneiderman agreed to the suspension, according an April 27 opinion imposing discipline by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. The suspension is conditioned on Schneiderman continuing treatment with his mental health professional and supervision by the New York City Bar Lawyer Assistance Program.
According to stipulated facts cited in the opinion, Schneiderman placed his hands on the necks of the two women with whom he was in long-term relationships “and applied pressure without obtaining consent.” He also slapped the women and was verbally and emotionally abusive toward them.
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Lawyer gets probated suspension in Lysol can attack
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A Kentucky lawyer convicted for an aerosol can attack on another lawyer has received a 180-day suspension of his law license, but it won’t be imposed if he stays out of disciplinary and legal trouble for two years.
The Kentucky Supreme Court imposed the negotiated sanction in a Jan. 21 order and opinion, report the Legal Profession Blog and WDRB. The lawyer, Lindsey Scott, won’t be suspended if he commits no new crimes, faces no new ethics charges, shows proof of mental health treatment, pays costs and satisfies bar requirements.