Legal Opinion
In the Disciplinary Matter of Friedman
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 2001No. S-8542PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I, INTRODUCTION
Attorney Elliott Friedman, acting for all plaintiffs in a complex tort suit, deposited an $81,000 settlement contribution in his client trust account. Without permission from the other plaintiffs' attorneys, he drew on the trust account to advance funds to his client and to pay himself attorney's fees not yet due him. He also drew on the trust account to pay himself fees in the matters of five other claimants before he had deposited the settlement funds in those matters. These payments breached fiduciary duties he owed the other plaintiffs in the tort…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- In the Disciplinary Matter Involving BuckalewAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
- In Re a Member of State Bar of Arizona RileyArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- In the Disciplinary Matter Involving WestAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- In the Disciplinary Matter Involving TriemAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
- In Re the Disciplinary Matter Involving MannAlaska Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by35 opinions
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