· 3/16/2022
in Re Rudy Wilkins De La Garza, Maria Ysais and Idea Apps, LLC
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- violation of DR 1-102 [A] [4]; misrepresentation to clients that sanctions had been assessed against them when in fact attorney had been sanctioned personally
- “Rule 3.6 .. . concerning trial publicity, contains a safe harbor provision for certain extrajudicial statements”
- no support for attorney’s claim that bar counsel vindictively sought to punish him for reporting acts of judges
- “Statements by an attorney critical of a judge in a pending case in which the attorney is engaged are especially disfavored,” particularly when those statements are “unfounded”
- “A majority of state courts that have considered the question have concluded that the standard is whether the attorney had an objectively reasonable basis for making the statements.”
- “A 5 majority of state courts that have considered the question have concluded that the 6 standard is whether the attorney had an objectively reasonable basis for making the 7 statements.”
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