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By Brian Malcom
Be nice to your colleagues and staff, and don't use them to perform unethical or illegal tasks.
One lawyer in New Jersey is learning this lesson the hard way. David Gross, a former president of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and a prominent product liability attorney in New Jersey, is facing disbarment for allegedly failing to share a $50,000 check with his firm partners. Apparently, Gross's secretary, Claudette McCarthy, refused to do work for Gross's wife, also a lawyer at the same firm. Gross also called McCarthy a "[expletive] idiot" and refused her vacation request.
For payback, McCarthy revealed the check to Gross's partners at Budd Larner four years after he received it in 1998, though she had been told in 1998 to keep it a secret.
Check out the ABA Journal for more.
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