Missing Conn. Lawyer Turns Up Dead in Iowa (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)

The saga of missing Clinton, Conn., lawyer Jonathan Hoyt has ended with his suicide in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hoyt, a 59-year-old business law attorney believed to have embezzled close to $700,000 from about a dozen clients, was found by police Monday around 11 a.m. in his one-bedroom apartment.

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Lawyer suspended for 2 years in insurance fraud case (Boston Globe)

A New Hampshire lawyer who admitted to insurance fraud has been suspended for two years. The Supreme Court punishment was longer than one conduct committee recommended for James Grew, but much less than that suggested by the state's Attorney Discipline Office, which wanted him disbarred.

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Klaudt's lawyer: It was immoral, not rape (Rapid City Journal)

PIERRE -- Former state Rep. Ted Klaudt was wrong to trick two foster daughters into thinking he could help them make money by selling their reproductive eggs, but his purported medical examinations did not amount to rape, Klaudt's defense lawyer said Tuesday.

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Missing Conn. Lawyer Turns Up Dead in Iowa (Law.com)

The saga of missing Clinton, Conn., lawyer Jonathan Hoyt has ended with his suicide in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hoyt, a 59-year-old business law attorney believed to have embezzled close to $700,000 from about a dozen clients, was found by police Monday around 11 a.m. in his one-bedroom apartment. Hoyt had been missing since early July. Hoyt's landlord says Hoyt began renting the apartment on Aug. 30 ...

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Supreme Court to hear from governor's lawyer in smoke shop case (Boston Globe)

A lawyer for Gov. Carcieri is scheduled to go before the state Supreme Court to argue that Carcieri shouldn't have to testify in a trial over a violent raid at a Narragansett Indian smoke shop in 2003.

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Accused killer gets time to brief lawyer (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

A Perth court has granted the accused killer of a Chinese student time to brief a new lawyer on his case.

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Lawyer pleads guilty in holdup (The Clarion-Ledger)

Scott Meece said he graduated from the University of Tennessee with three degrees then went on to become a lawyer.

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