We learned this afternoon that several Democratic members of the US Senate filed a Request for Disciplinary Investigation with the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin. They have cited a laundry list of potential violations, including the earlier-reported conflict in which Martin (as interim USA)
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Setting The Rule Of Law On Fire, Just To Watch It Burn
So I’ve added a tag to my blog, “Everything on Fire.” It may be partially self-explanatory, but I am adding it to blog entries that discuss the contempt for the rule of law held by the current federal administration, among others. I’ve gone back and tagged a few prior entries as well. I am not…
Dead Men Neither Wear Plaid Nor Render Opinions To A Reasonable Degree of Professional Certainty
Taking a break from everything being on fire to report this quick hit (h/t several people on BlueSky): every judge interprets the Daubert standard (or whatever standard applies in their state) a little different, but I assure you that a qualification for anyone to testify as an expert witness on any subject is that they…
Bondi Blues
Earlier this week, and mostly along party lines, the Senate confirmed Pam Bondi to serve as the United States Attorney General.You will note that this job is not called “Attorney General of the President,” and at least for now, the Department of Justice’s website includes this definition:The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of…
You Get A Conflict! And You Get A Conflict! Everybody Gets a Conflict!
This blog was launched in October, 2019, during Trump I, and soon thereafter I wrote an entry called, “This Blog Isn’t About Politics, and Other Lies We Tell.” I started blogging, intending to focus on disciplinary decisions, new rules, bar opinions, and so forth, with a healthy dose of snark. (To be fair, in October…
Are They Buying What You're Selling?
I’m one of those people who, if I have a 1 pm and it is 12:40, typically cannot do anything productive with those 20 minutes. Today, that meant I spent some quality time on social media. The algorithm served me an ad for some conference on “family law acquisition.” I guess the ad did a…
Daddy Sang Bass, Mama Sang Ethics
If any of you are in need of 2.5-3 on-demand ethics CLE hours (depending on how your state counts time), or are curious about what happens when people who are not me* try to make ethics CLE fun, Cleveland-based Squire Patton Boggs has created a free long-form ethics CLE musical. (Hey, I run a legal…
Quick Hits from Elsewhere
I’m working on some longer pieces and on my actual job, so for now, a few quick hits:
- Federal courts: Something troubling, which I would like to address in a longer form when I have some time, is this judicial disciplinary order against Senior Judge Michael A. Ponsor of the U.S. District Court for the
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Should strangers get to file grievances? Arizona says "maybe, but."
Some interesting (if you are me) news came out of Arizona this week: Its Supreme Court approved a rule change limiting the ability of people not directly involved in, or who do not have first-hand knowledge of, a particular matter to pursue ethics complaints. Under the revision to Arizona Supreme Court Rule 53, clients…
This Thing Is On, I Promise
So the thing about having an elections practice in a swing state is that one day you’re writing about bad news that can’t wait and the next day it’s November and everything has waited. I’m still not quite up for air, but I am getting there. I hope to get back to posting more regularly…