SC Court: Lawyer Joel Bieber Shouldn’t be Disciplined for Ads
Published: October 13, 2009
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has dismissed disciplinary charges against a lawyer once accused of making misleading promises in his ads.
The Greenville News reported Tuesday that the high court denied an appeal by the Office of Disciplinary Council seeking to reprimand Joel Bieber. The justices said Bieber’s statement in the ad wasn’t a guarantee, just a statement of his role as advocate on behalf of a client.
The investigation into the ad started with an anonymous complaint by someone who said Bieber’s ads left the impression that hiring him meant a client wouldn’t lose their job. Bieber agreed to stop running the ad, but argued the ad said he would work to protect a job without offering any guarantees.
Information from: The Greenville News
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Its actualy Double Aught Double Aught! Its also the wrong Lawyer!
To bad they can’t make him stop saying “double not, double not” in his commercials. He sounds like Jethro Bodine of the Beverly Hillbillies. Not a character you would relate to an attorney.
Good for Beiber. He exposed the ODC and the SC SC for the corrupt group they are in handling attorney discipline matters. The Court forgot to put that in its order.
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