Without Secret Lawyer Discipline
there wouldn’t be silly cases like this. (”Panel Halts Probe of NY Attorney
Who Disclosed Another Lawyer’s Disciplinary Record,” New York Law Journal, by John Caher, 03-10-04)
Why shouldn’t prospective clients have the right to know, e.g., that a lawyer has been disciplined for charging an outrageously excessive fee to a prior client?
See our post They’re Indisposed to Disclose Lawyer Discipline .