Legal Opinion

In Re Green

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 11, 2000No. 99SA150PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Per curiam

Lawrence Jamalian Green, the respondent in this lawyer regulation case, was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1979. A hearing panel of the former grievance committee 1 approved the findings and recommendations of a hearing board that Green be suspended for sixty days. The hearing board found that Green charged an excessive fee in a civil case and authored letters and motions to a trial judge containing "relentless criticism and contempt for the judge" constituting "a serious breach of acceptable behavior for an attorney toward a member of the judiciary." We conclude that the First…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  2. Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. GardnerOhio Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Gordon v. BoylesSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  4. In re CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Mississippi Bar v. LumumbaMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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