Ethics 101

Following on the heels of a $3.2 million jury verdict for professional malpractice against Girardi & Keese, a declaration of mistrial, as well as absurd remarks by Tom Girardi ("This is the most stupid case in the history of America"), prominent trial lawyer Terance Mix minced no words in accusing Girardi & Keese of profesional negligence, and for failing to accept responsibility for the catastrophic consequences befalling Girardi & Keese's former client, Richard Salerno. As a service to...Read Full Story

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, April 28, 2008, Iranian shopkeeper Hamid Reza Delband displays a doll at his toy shop, in Tehran, Iran. Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semi official Mehr news agency reported Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) via hosted.ap.org Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades...Read Full Story

Contending that Howard Rice's Jerome Falk, acting as Special Prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, repeatedly sought to subvert justice by failing to disclose that those he was suppose to prosecute (Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese and Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack) were actually his and his firm's clients, sources familiar with the situation claim plans are underway to seek the disbarment of Girardi, Lack and Falk. In a letter to Jerome Falk and the Board of...Read Full Story

Controversial former California assemblywoman  Gwen Moore has been named a defendant in an action recently filed in federal court, TLR has learned. Also named as defendants, amongst many, are Douglas Winthrop , managing partner of embattled Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin; former Sacramento lobbyist Jeannine English ; State Bar of California Deputy Executive Director Robert Hawley ; and Judy Johnson , president of the California Consumer Protection Foundation (" CCPF "). From...Read Full Story

Controversial former California assemblywoman  Gwen Moore has been named a defendant in an action recently filed in federal court, TLR has learned. Also named as defendants, amongst many, are Douglas Winthrop , managing partner of embattled Howard Rice Nemerovsky Candy Falk & Rabkin; former Sacramento lobbyist Jeannine English ; State Bar of California Deputy Executive Director Robert Hawley ; and Judy Johnson , president of the California Consumer Protection Foundation (" CCPF "). From left...Read Full Story

  Contending that Howard Rice's Jerome Falk, acting as Special Prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, repeatedly sought to subvert justice in examining attorney misconduct in the litigation against Dole Food Company, sources close to the complainant claim a new and recent discovery shows "Smoking Gun” evidence of ethical misconduct. Jerome Falk, Douglas Winthrop, Sean SeLegue, and Pamela Phillips of Howard Rice Canady Falk & Rabkin. In 2008, during an interview with a legal...Read Full Story

Contending that Howard Rice's Jerome Falk, acting as Special Prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, repeatedly sought to subvert justice in examining attorney misconduct in the litigation against Dole Food Company, sources close to the complainant claim a new and recent discovery shows "Smoking Gun” evidence of ethical misconduct. Jerome Falk, Douglas Winthrop, Sean SeLegue, and Pamela Phillips of Howard Rice Canady Falk & Rabkin. In 2008, during an interview with a legal...Read Full Story

Untitled The Leslie Brodie Report (TLR) is carefully following  developments relating to the case of Benjamin Fogel vs. Farmers Group, Inc . currently pending before the Los Angeles Superior Court.  We will provide coverage and post updates as they become available. For information about the settlement, visit the official settlement website . For objection to settlement which alleges fraud on the court and conflicts of interest based on undisclosed concurrent representation, visit http...Read Full Story

A long-standing involvement with an entity that caters exclusively to Asian-Americans has led to a complaint being filed against California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin. The ethics complaint filed with the California Commission on Judicial Performance alleges that Chin's involvement with the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (“CAUSE”) is prohibited because of CAUSE's invidious discrimination against those individuals who are non Asian-American.   Mr Ming W...Read Full Story

Attorneys Douglas Winthrop and Jerome Falk of San Francisco based Howard Rice Canady Falk & Rabkin were exonerated recently by a special State Bar of California panel known as the RAD Committee. Messrs. Jerome Falk and Douglas Winthrop of Howard Rice Canady Falk & Rabkin Falk – who recently dominated the news as the lawyer who represented Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in their quest to rescind a prior settlement with Facebook – was accused of grave misconduct earlier this year as a result of...Read Full Story