Discipline for not reporting colleagues’ lapses rare 

Posted: 11:06 am Fri, August 27, 2010
By Patrick Thornton

Rule 8.3 mandates lawyers alert the OLPR of certain ethical breaches by other lawyers There are only a handful of examples nationally of an attorney being disciplined for turning a blind eye to a colleague's misdeeds. One of the most glaring involved Illinois attorney James H. Himmel, who received a one-year suspension for failing to report ...