Health Law
Visiting Cousin in Psych Ward Gets N.Y. Lawyer Suspended for 5 Years
Posted Aug 19, 2008, 12:38 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
A former chief counsel for the New York fire department's bureau of legal affairs has been suspended from practice for five years.
His offense against legal ethics was visiting a cousin in a psychiatric unit in 2002, in order to complete the paperwork for the sale of the cousin's home in Brooklyn to himself, in exchange for $175,000, reports the New York Law Journal, in an article reprinted in New York Lawyer (reg. req.).
A special referee's report (PDF), which was provided by New York Lawyer, said David Clinton hadn't violated any legal ethics rules. But the 2nd Department of the Appellate Division found that the referee had misunderstood the applicable standards.… Continue reading...
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