No. 19-660

David Silver v. Hamrick & Evans, LLP

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: attorney-accountability civil-procedure due-process false-statements judicial-integrity legal-ethics professional-conduct standing tribunal-misconduct tribunals
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a lawyer or a law firm deserve to be given a free pass by the lower courts when the lawyer and the law firm make false statements of material facts—not of law—but of facts to not one but two tribunals?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED : The California Supreme Court chose not to review a civil appeal case number S256869—from the Second . Appellate District, Div. 2, of the California Court of Appeals—case number B287437—and thus the question presented now goes to the United States Supreme ; Court. : ; : Hamrick & Evans, LLP (“Respondent”) knowingly made false statements to the Superior Court and to the : Court of Appeals, in violation of Federal Rules of Professional Conduct 16-303 “Candor toward the tribunal,” “A. Duties: A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make ; a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal , 4... [or] (4) offer evidence that the lawyer knows to be cor, © false” ; . «+. Does a lawyer or a law firm deserve.to be given a free pass by the lower courts when the lawyer and the ; : law firm make false statements of material facts—not | , of law—but of facts to not one but two tribunals? ; ; ii

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2019)

Attorneys

David Silver
David Silver — Petitioner