attorney-conduct

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A540 Andrew Parker, et al. v. Bill Gates, as a Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-10 Application attorney-conduct due-process election-litigation first-amendment rule-11 sanctions Question not identified.
25A363 Teresa Maria Harmon v. Louis I. Waterman, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-conduct disability-discrimination legal-advocacy pro-se-litigant reasonable-accommodation Question not identified.
24-1283 Jack R. T. Jordan v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct disbarment due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-misconduct 1. Whether the U.S. Constitution delegated power to federal courts to disbar an attorney because he stated in written federal court filings that feder…
24-233 Johnmack Cohen v. Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied attorney-conduct bad-faith civil-procedure inherent-powers rule-11 sanctions 1. Courts must find subjective bad faith to impose sanctions under inherent powers or 28 U.S.C. §1927 ("1927"). Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32 (…
23-1192 Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Courts may not impose punitive sanctions upon attorneys to deter colorable arguments that insulate judicial determinations from legitimate challenges …
23-7322 Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas Texas 2024-04-26 Denied IFP attorney-conduct capital-appointments capital-punishment due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-incentive sixth-amendment state-statute When a state has a rule that an attorney must be given an opportunity to explain his conduct before being found to have rendered ineffective assistanc…
23A68 Mark Barinholtz v. HomeAdvisor, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied attorney-conduct due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-sanctions prior-restraint Question not identified.
22-5257 Daryl Stephen v. New York New York 2022-08-02 Denied IFP attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law Legal malpractice by petitioner attorney Contravenion of the law
21-1129 Wen-Ting Zheng-Smith v. Nassau Health Care Corporation, dba NUHealth System, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response Waived academic-reviews attorney attorney-conduct civil-procedure court-discretion evidence evidence-submission government-findings judicial-procedure legal-evidence witness-statements witness-testimony The District Judge in this case directed the plaintiffs attorney to submit evidence through the defense's attorney. Can that evidence be presented by …
21-230 William Herman Viehweg v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied attorney-conduct bordenkircher-v-hayes civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court disqualification due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality legal-privilege pro-se-representation Whether separate attorneys' representing a defendant corporation and attorneys' representing a non-party key witness, mutual claim of a protective leg…
20-5541 Betsy Sachs v. Bank of America, N.A. First Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitration attorney-conduct civil-rights debt-collection due-process fdcpa foreclosure judicial-procedure manifest-disregard WHETHER THE DEFINITION OF "DEBT COLLECTOR" UNDER THE FDCPA INCLUDES ATTORNEYS WHO SELECT NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AS THERE IS A SHARP SPLIT IN CIRCUIT…
18-644 David Carl Cottingham v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Washington 2018-11-19 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct bar-discipline due-process first-amendment objective-analysis petitioning petitioning-rights pro-se-representation professional-discipline regulatory-approval split state-court strict-scrutiny A Washington State Bar disciplinary investigation continued through to suspension, notwithstanding Attorney David C. Cottingham's opposition to unlawf…