In Re Drew’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 17 state decisions

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1. “First ... the conduct must be improper. That is, the attorney must either take improper action or fail to take action when, under the circumstances, he or she should act.... This conduct may be improper, for example, because it violates a specific statute, court rule or procedure, or other disciplinary rule.... Second ... the conduct itself must bear directly upon the judicial process (ie., the “administration of justice”) with respect to an identifiable case or tribunal. This of course will very likely be the case where the attorney is acting either as an attorney or in a capacity ordinarily associated with the practice of law.... And third, the attorney’s conduct must taint the judicial process in more than a de minimis way; that is, at least potentially impact upon the process to a serious and adverse degree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Travers