· 8/23/2016
Donald Welch v. Edmund Brown, Jr.
Citations
- 834 F.3d 1041
- 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 15444
- 2016 WL 4437617
How courts have described this case
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- imposing a public reprimand on respondent with no prior disciplinary record when prohibited communication resulted in substantial harm; rejecting request to privately admonish respondent
- imposing public reprimand on attorney without prior disciplinary history because prohibited communication resulted in substantial harm and rejecting request to privately admonish respondent
- imposing a public reprimand on respondent with no prior disciplinary record for communicating with a represented party without opposing counsel’s consent
- “We have consistently held that harm to a client or third party is an aggravating factor with regard to disciplinary violations.”
- stating the attorney had a reputation as a competent attorney
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Judges: Kozinski, Graber, Christen
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