You are spamming links to your own personal vendetta site. Declasse, at best.

Social media is a continuing developing phenomenon that dramatically impacts the legal industry and we as lawyers should not shy away from learning more about it. I would hesitate to brand anyone as an "expert" on the field yet – there just hasn't been enough time or data to allow anyone to claim that title yet (in my opinion) – but welcome further information from whatever sources are there.

Now, can we stop saying nasty things about each other? In the spirit of Christmas, if for no other reason

Of course, this is somewhat different from the premise that Cuban was originally writing about and far from the cat fighting above.

Whoa. New rule? The rule here in New York is as follows:

>>It is clearly improper for a lawyer or law firm to employ a disbarred or suspended attorney in any capacity related to the practice of law.. <<

In other words, you are treated differently than someone that never went to law school. Where that person could be a paralegal or secretary, for instance, a disbarred attorney cannot.

But don't take my word for it. See this ethics opinion:
http://www.abcny.org/Publications/reports/show_ht...

Also, you will note that the ethics opinions of the state referred to "disbarred" attorneys. I've never heard the term "nonbarred" attorney. Nice euphemism. I'll assume you just made that up because I Googled the phrase and there were so few hits returned.

But you won't be fooling anyone if you persist with the usage. I suspect it will just make it harder for you to get re-instated one day. And it probably won't look so hot at sentencing either. You might want to get the advise of a social media expert to help prevent such flubs.

Further, I did not check the status of my attorney registration (which entails a form and a check) when I prepared my resignation affidavit.

Try again.

How are you "contemplating a hiatus from law" if you "resigned from the Bar before the plea," unless you're just flat lying?

I just can't keep track anymore.

Of course the problem is the question – What next? The role nonbarred attorneys can play in the law varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction with the question unsettled here in New York. I do not believe there is any such requirement concerning employment in other arenas. As far as disclosure, the questions are 1) is it necessary and if so 2) to what extent.

I understand your concern, however these matters are public record and if the criminal action bears no relationship whatsoever to the proposed business, I have to opine that the attorney should not have to disclose without being questioned directly by the customer. A lot of good people make mistakes as well as innocents being convicted of crimes they did not commit. Many have families depending on them for support and they should be able to work. It is a difficult issue to say the least.

I think it is up to the consumer to be informed just like in any other business venture. It is easy enough to discern the charlatan from the real deal.

1. I have NEVER posted any solicitations for business as a social media "expert" or in any role for that matter.

2. The clients & colleagues (and I am not referring to attorneys) that I have assisted in the social media realm sought me out and I merely helped them create online profiles, blogs, linking them together for single updates and how to manage information so as not to be overwhelmed by "information overload" and the importance of providing meaningful content.

3. The twitter profile was the ONLY profile I had not yet updated. I don't often visit Twitter directly as I access the Twitter feed through TweetDeck. I still have to change the background. Unfortunately, I do not have the photoshop file with the layers anymore so I need to redesign it from scratch.

4. I resigned from the Bar before the plea. However, nothing is effective until an Order is entered removing my name from the Roll of Attorneys – therefore, I have not violated any rules.

5. As I cannot obviously discuss the case and the plea as of yet I will save that for a later day. But, I did discuss that I was involved in this mess on twitter – Mr. Tannenbaum's research did not go far enough evidently.

6. As far as business goes, I am in a position where I do not need to rely on the income from a "successful law practice". I practiced transactional real estate law – the revenues are nowhere near the income of say litigators, criminal attorneys and so forth. I represented buyers and sellers and acted as a settlement agent for the Lender. I practiced because I enjoyed it.

What I would like to know is what happened to civility? I have never mounted a personal attack on anyone online and nor would I. I am quite surprised by the name calling and the snide remarks that flew fast and furious on Twitter as well as other sites. You would expect that kind of behavior from perhaps teenagers but certainly not esteemed members of the Bar. I find that to be more damaging to the profession then someone posting their degree after their name.