#LegalEthics Tidbit: If someone else inflates my academic credentials, do I have a duty to correct them?
A NJ lawyer’s firm created a website in 2010. His website biography, which he did not personally prepare, falsely represented that he graduated “cum laude” from college and that he finished an LLM program he didn’t actually finish. He never corrected the error. He joined a new firm in 2015, and the new firm also used the false … (cont)
… biography. The lawyer also gave CLE presentations, and the CLE organization used the same false credentials in its marketing materials. The lawyer at some point asked the CLE organization to correct some materials, but he was not consistent in these requests and did not follow up on all of them. Admonition for violation of Rules 7.1 (false advertising) & 8.4(c) (deceptive conduct) for failing to correct misrepresentations on the firm websites and CLE material.
Solicitor
David Kluft