Matter of Reiss

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that attorney had filed knowingly false certification where he previously had represented the plaintiff in a different civil action but filed a certification denying he had ever represented the plaintiff in order to enable him to continue representing defendant
• self-serving actions in a business venture with clients and filing a false affidavit with the court, coupled with inadequate recordkeeping, resulted in a one-year suspension
• imposing one-year suspension on attorney who exhibited gross disregard of conflicts of interest with clients who were also partners
• attorney’s judgement potentially impaired by self-interest when he incorporated client’s business, acquired one-quarter interest in the corporation, and donated continuing legal services

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).