Hi all,
I have a question regarding civil court procedure. I am writing a comedy about an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney, who gets into a bit of trouble via his unethical practices.
I do not want him to be disbarred. I need to create a scenario whereby a judge (or other governing body) punishes him to an extent that he can no longer represent personal injury cases, so that he has to go from living off punitive settlements to grinding it out for his hourly rate.
I know that judges have a great deal of latitude about how they run their courtrooms, but does anyone know the process, or the hierarchy or the vocabulary of the disciplinary process for civil litigators?
This does not have to be true. Just plausible within the guidelines of a broad comedy.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
I have a question regarding civil court procedure. I am writing a comedy about an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney, who gets into a bit of trouble via his unethical practices.
I do not want him to be disbarred. I need to create a scenario whereby a judge (or other governing body) punishes him to an extent that he can no longer represent personal injury cases, so that he has to go from living off punitive settlements to grinding it out for his hourly rate.
I know that judges have a great deal of latitude about how they run their courtrooms, but does anyone know the process, or the hierarchy or the vocabulary of the disciplinary process for civil litigators?
This does not have to be true. Just plausible within the guidelines of a broad comedy.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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