Oct. 16, 2026
Scott's sanctions opinion warns lawyers they are 'not mere mouthpieces'
Justice Nathan R. Scott of the 4th District, Division 3, who co-chairs the Orange County Bar Association's civility task force, sanctioned a lawyer $25,000 for baseless accusations against a trial judge. He seeks retention Nov. 3.
An advertiser can trumpet a product without disclosing its flaws, and a speechwriter can promise what a candidate cannot deliver. "The law is not one of those professions," Justice Nathan R. Scott of the 4th District Court of Appeal wrote in January, sanctioning an attorney $25,000 for accusing a family law judge of bias and conspiracy.
"Lawyers are not mere mouthpieces for clients," Scott wrote for a unanimous Division 3 panel in N.D. v. Superior Court...
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