No. 20-6295

Donna Raively v. Thomas A. Whelihan

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2020-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: attorney-ethics attorney-misconduct case-conflict civil-procedure client-representation client-trust fiduciary-duty legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-misconduct standing
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether an attorney is held to a certain standard of fiduciary duty in lower courts; his knowledge of the law far exceeds that of the average person. They are entrusted with personal information of their client and should be trustworthy. When an attorney takes advantage of his fiduciary duty and not only violates his clients contract but also his fmst, who will stop him if the court system fails to do so?

2. Whether or not an attorney is working on a different case for his client is it in his clients best interest to have a custody case with a mentally challeged adult heard with an estate case?

3. Was it inadequate discovery or procrastination that caused an attorney to not reveal crucial case not benefidary of? m3ny h°UrS W6re biHeCl t0 the c,lent seekjng mone Y from an I R A. that they were

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an attorney is held to a certain standard of fiduciary-duty,attorney-misconduct,client-trust,legal-ethics,civil-procedure,standing

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-05-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-03-24
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-04
Petitioner complied with order of January 19, 2021.
2021-01-19
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until February 9, 2021, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a).
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2019-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Donna Raively
Donna Raively — Petitioner