{"id":3710,"date":"2005-03-24T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/24\/a-bit-behind\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:52","slug":"a-bit-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/24\/a-bit-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"a bit behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3526'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">easter snow<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a piece of egg shell<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">in the sandwich<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><STRONG><EM><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/DIV><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a fat horse<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">gallops with the others<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a bit behind<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">swaying branch<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the warbler&#8217;s song<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">rises and falls<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><IMG height=\"44\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/EggShellHaiku.gif\" width=\"50\" border=\"0\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/01#a1715\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;easter show&#8221; from <STRONG><EM>A Piece of Egg Shell<\/EM><\/STRONG> (Magpie Haiku Press, 2004)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"1\">&#8220;a fat horse&#8221;&nbsp;&amp; &#8220;swaying branch&#8221; <\/FONT><FONT size=\"1\">from &#8220;something to sing about&#8221;, <EM>pawEprint 58<\/EM> (2003)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">by <\/FONT><\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\"><STRONG><EM>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">:&nbsp;<FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; 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PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 41pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 5.0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">a flood of warnings<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 41pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 5.0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 41pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 5.0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <EM>[March 24, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><EM><\/EM><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">potluck<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>Capoccia Scandal Update<\/EM> [D&#8217;oh! file]:&nbsp; The <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.benningtonbanner.com\/Stories\/0,1413,104~8676~2779312,00.html\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>Bennington Banner<\/EM> reports<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> that Howard Sinnott, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Andrew Capoccia&#8217;s former partner &#8220;teared up telling the jury he expects to be disbarred <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">for his crimes.&#8221; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Seeing what I&#8217;ve done, I&#8217;m not sure I have, um,&#8221; he said, pausing and <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">looking down, &#8220;the character to practice law.&#8221; Sinnott pleaded guilty in <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">February to two felony charges of interstate transfer of stolen funds. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">(<EM>Bennington Banner, <\/EM>&#8220;Sinnot takes stand in fraud trial,&#8221; March 24, 2005)<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">We argue <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3407\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, that the &#8220;debt reduction services&#8221; cash-cow that created the illicit Capoccia-&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/JailBirdneg.jpg\" alt=\"jailbird neg\" \/><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Sinnott bankroll should have been stopped in its tracks five years ago, averting this major<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">scandal.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;&nbsp; <EM>Shame-o-meter<\/EM>:&nbsp; I don&#8217;t know if <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/15#a3457\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Romolo Versaci<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;will be deterred by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3401\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">e-shaming<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> from pursuing <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><SPAN>meritless vendettas <\/SPAN><SPAN>against vulnerable adversaries, but I hope <EM>you<\/EM> will remember his case.&nbsp; Before<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">he decided he had to protect his reputation from an online reference to him as a &#8220;so-called lawyer,&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><SPAN>Attorney&nbsp;Versaci&#8217;s only internet presence was a listing in a lawyer directory.&nbsp; I just <\/SPAN><SPAN>Googled <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Versaci&#8221;&gt;, and the directory listing is now the 72nd result, behind 71 links related to his much-<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">derided defamation lawsuit.&nbsp; Are we learning any lessons out there?<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> <EM>haiku pointer<\/EM>: check out Paul and Mary Mena&#8217;s photo-haiku combo on &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/haikupoet.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/signs-of-spring.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">signs of spring<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>easter snow a piece of egg shell in the sandwich &nbsp; 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