Delaware Lawyer
Office of Disciplinary Counsel - State of Delaware
The primary purpose of the ODC is to protect the public from lawyer misconduct. Delaware lawyers are obligated to conform their conduct to rules established by the Supreme Court of Delaware, the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct . Each complaint filed with the ODC is reviewed and evaluated to determine whether the lawyer has violated one or more of these Rules and whether the ODC has enough evidence to prosecute a disciplinary action against the lawyer. All complaints are confidential as mandated by the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Disciplinary Procedure . ... [Read More]
The Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct (DLRPC)
(e) A lawyer's financial books and records must be subject to examination by the auditor for the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of a certificate of compliance filed each year by the lawyer pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 69. The examination must be conducted so as to preserve, insofar as is consistent with these Rules, the confidential nature of the lawyer's books and records. If the lawyer's books and records are not located in Delaware, the lawyer may have the option either to produce the books and records at the lawyer's office in Delaware or to produce the books and records at the location outside of Delaware where they are ordinarily located. If the production occurs outside of Delaware, the lawyer shall pay any additional expenses incurred by the auditor for the purposes of an examination. ... [Read More]
First State Judiciary - Overview of the Delaware State Court System
The Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection (LFCP) is a fund created by the Delaware Supreme Court to provide monetary relief to clients who have suffered financial losses as a result of the dishonest conduct of lawyers. While acts of attorney dishonesty are the exceptions and not the rule, the Fund was established to show the good faith of all the members of the Delaware Bar. ... Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection ... The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) assists the Court in regulating the practice of law. In this capacity, the ODC is charged with evaluating, investigating, and, if warranted, prosecuting lawyer misconduct. ... [Read More]
NARA | Exhibit Hall | The Founding Fathers: Delaware
Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution," was born in 1732 at Crosiadore estate, near the village of Trappe in Talbot County, MD. He was the second son of Samuel Dickinson, the prosperous farmer, and his second wife, Mary (Cadwalader) Dickinson. In 1740 the family moved to Kent County near Dover, DE., where private tutors educated the youth. In 1750 he began to study law with John Moland in Philadelphia. In 1753 Dickinson went to England to continue his studies at London's Middle Temple. Four years later, he returned to Philadelphia and became a prominent lawyer there. In 1770 he married Mary Norris, daughter of a wealthy merchant. The couple had at least one daughter. ... [Read More]
First State Judiciary - Supreme Court Welcome!
(LFCP) is a fund created by the Delaware Supreme Court to provide monetary relief to clients who have suffered financial losses as a result of the dishonest conduct of lawyers. ... (ODC) - Disciplinary Counsel assists the Court in regulating the practice of law. In this capacity, the ODC is charged with evaluating, investigating, and, if warranted, prosecuting lawyer misconduct. ... [Read More]
First State Judiciary - Superior Court History
The Honorable E. Norman Veasey, Chief Justice of Delaware, has described the Superior Court this way in his article, "The Drama of Judicial Branch Change in this Century", Delaware Lawyer , Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter 1999/2000: ... [Read More]
First State Judiciary - Supreme Court Committees
Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct ... ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOLTA) ... LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION ... [Read More]
First State Judiciary - Court of Chancery History
Marvel, a friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote in a literary style seldom seen in the late twentieth century. Indeed there was a style about Marvel generally that was different. He was casual and strong willed, but with just a touch of healthy insecurity that enabled him to defer to others in a gentle manner. With Marvel, the burden was on the visitor to pick up the signals. On one occasion, while listening to an out-of-state lawyer in a repetitive and boring argument in the Wilmington Court House, he heard the fire engines roll from the fire house nearby. He promptly got up from the bench--to the chagrin of the lawyer who was still speaking--and walked over to the window. After the last engine whizzed by, he remarked, "I've always loved to watch fire engines" and reascended the bench. The lawyer, ignoring the message that Chancellor Marvel was trying to send him, then droned on for another thirty minutes. ... [Read More]
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