Bay Ridge Lawyers meet to discuss ethics and discipline
The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association held its monthly meeting in Bay Ridge on Wednesday night where speaker Diana Szochet discussed the topic that every lawyer dreads hearing about — attorney discipline.
“It’s scary, and one of the things I talk about is the fact that it’s inevitable,” Szochet said. “Pretty much everyone in this room is going to be the subject of a complaint at some point during their careers.”
The presentation was aptly named “Everything You Wanted To Know About Attorney Ethics/Discipline But Were Afraid To Ask.” Szochet began the speech by walking out from behind her podium, declaring, “I am not the 800-pound gorilla in the room.”