Comments on: Don’t https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/dont-7/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Wisniewski https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/dont-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29522 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:23:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7570#comment-29522 Re: Clifford Van Syoc

As a NJ licensed attorney, it sickens me that Van Syoc received just a slap on the wrist (oooooh, he was ‘reprimanded’, oooooh) for his misconduct. Not that I’m surprised, the NJ Attorney Disciplinary Board (as is the board in PA) is very lax and you almost have to kill someone before they will disbar you. I hope his former clients (the ones he screwed) sue the pants off him for malpractice.

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/dont-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29468 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:28:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7570#comment-29468 Unfortunately, I must agree with Bill – if nude dancing is a legal profession and nude dances are a legal service that is charged for, what legal reason is there for the complaint? If he paid her for her dancing services, then she used that money directly to pay him for his legal services, what’s the problem (and who would ever know?)?

Now, she apparently performed for him in his office, which strikes me as pretty bad judgement on both of their parts, but the previous question still stands.

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/dont-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29431 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:03:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7570#comment-29431 Would it be better or worse if the patent application had ACTUALLY been signed by a dead person?

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/dont-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29430 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:58:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7570#comment-29430 What is the basis for suspending a lawyer for accepting nude dances as partial payment of his fee? There appears to have been no coercion involved: the client was a nude dancer by profession. If he touched her inappropriately, that would be a basis for discipline, but that appears not to be the basis for the suspension. Is the basis some “conduct unbecoming of a gentleman” standard?

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