Bad News for Bad Lawyers

Getting bad lawyers out of the legal profession isn't cheap. Just ask State Bar of California officials who have calculated that policing their own puts the agency in a financial hole to the tune of about $600,000 a year.

But that might be changing soon as agency leaders push aggressive new measures that could force errant attorneys to pay a substantial portion of the costs of their own prosecution in State Bar Court.

Details on this controversial proposal are here from The Recorder via Law.com.

Comments

[kary hance]

my lawyer cursed and scream at me for not takeing a first offer on a work comp case he did not show up at any of the hearings i had too sell my house theirs a lot more i don,t know what to do can you help

[sean heeger]

You need to contact your states' attorney registration and disciplinary commission.

[UGH]

*N.Y. STATE OVERTURNS RULES ON ANNOUNCING PESTICIDE USERegulations that would have required various commercial and publicestablishments to post signs on the days they planned to use pesticides havebeen overturned by a New York State Supreme Court judge. The rules, which wereissued last year by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, wereto have gone into effect on January 1 but were delayed because of the manylawsuits that were filed. Justice Paul E. Cheeseman said that in institutingthe regulations, the department had overstepped its authority, and had ``underthe color of regulatory authority actually rewritten and extended the law.''The 1983 legislation under which the rules were adopted required only thatcommercial establishments provide, on request, a copy of the label of anypesticide being used. The posting requirements would have applied torestaurants, hotels, shopping malls, schools, parks, libraries, hospitals,train and bus stations, airports, office buildings, and department stores,among others. Such notices would have put ``a huge damper on business,'' saidKerry D. Marsh, a lawyer representing several restaurant and hotelassociations. ``Anyone who saw a sign about a pesticide application would cometo the conclusion that the establishment was infested,'' he said, when inreality ``it was just a maintenance program to keep the establishment pest-free.''

Political Campaign Contributions from Individual Donors in 2004from ALBANY, New York NY 12210 - 101 Records



Name Occupation $ Amount Date Contibuted ToFox, Todd Quizno's/Restaurateur 500 12/02/2004 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - UnknownMarsh, Kerry Marsh & Associates PC/Attorney 500 12/02/2004 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - Unknown

[Kevin]

LOBBYIST BI-MONTHLY REPORT July - August 2005 Lobbyist: MARSH & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Client: MORTON GROVE PHARMACEUTICALS Additional Lobbyists BARLETTA, C. THOMAS MARSH, KERRY D. Summary of Compensation and Reimbursed Expenses (reporting period only) Compensation: $10,000 Reimbursed Expenses: $701 Lobbying Expenses (reporting period only) A. Aggregate expenses less or equal to $75: $498 B. Aggregate expenses for salaried of non-lobbying employees: $528 C. Itemized lobbying expenses: Paid To Date Purpose Ad. Social Event Amount DUANE MANOR 7/26/2005 DINNER MEETING $76.00 JACK'S OYSTER HOUSE 7/5/2005 DINNER MEETING $127.00

[DESTINY]

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT 2/23/2002. I WASNT DRIVING AND DIDN'T OWN A CAR AT THE TIME. AS OF RIGHT NOW MY CASE IS STILL PENDING AND MY ATTORNEY WON'T RESPOND TO ANY OF MY MESSAGES FOR A UP-DATE OF THE CASE. SOME TIME IN THE EARLY PART OF LAST YEAR A OFFER WAS MADE BUT I HEAR NOTHING ABOUT IT, UNTIL I WENT TO THE OFFICE AND WAITED THREE HOURS BECAUSE NO ONE RETURNED MY CALLS THEN IT WAS LIKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OFFER AND THAT MY ATTORNEY TURNED IT DOWN. DOES THIS SOUND RIGHT? I DONT THINK SO AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS ATTORNEY!!!!!!

[Chris]

I GOT INTO I BAD ACCIDENT ON 5/20/05. I WASN'T THE DRIVER. MY LAWYER DONT NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF MY CALLS. HE TOLDHE WAS GOING TO GET ME MY LOST WAGES SAID HE WORK ON IT, UP TILL NOW I DID GET ANYTHING. I CALL HIM HE SHE HIS SECRETARY DIDNT FILE IT. IT IS 7 MONTH AND SHE DIDNT FILE IT. I CALL THE NEXT WEEK, ASKED FOR MY LOSS WAGES HE TOLD ME " WHY AM I WORRYING ABOUT MY LOSS WAGES ITS NOT IMPORTANT MY SETTLEMENT IS" WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS ATTORNEY????

[Michael]

Chris, You need to demand that your attorney withdraw from the case and have him sign a Lien Release.

[Eva Esquivel]

My attorney did not ever interviewed me or asked me anything about my case and charged 65 hours for preparing for trial. At the Hearing she was not prepared at all. She had no exhibits and was rambling the whole time. I took her to SD Bar for arbitration. Two of the three arbitrators congratulated me in doing an excellent job presenting the evidence during the Hearing. The final decision was for the attorney that charged me 35K for doing nothing. What went wrong? It was incredible. She did not have any documentation of anything and when asked questions she had no aswers. What's wrong with the San Diego Bar Association? Are they nuts? Let a legal skunk walk on the streets of San Diego taking money from inocent victims.