In mid-April, the Qualification Commission of the Chamber of Lawyers of the Krasnoyarsk Territory recognized a number of lawyers from Krasnoyarsk and regions of the region as violators of professional ethics.
Now the Council of the Regional Bar Chamber must make decisions on disciplinary cases of lawyers and punish them or pardon them.
Who and why was included in the April “black list” of unethical lawyers, according to the qualification commission? We analyzed the opinions on disciplinary cases of six lawyers from cities and districts of the region posted on the website of the Chamber of Lawyers of the region.
No. 1. Multidisciplinary lawyer “with connections” from Achinsk Tatyana Stas
Working at the Achinskaya Bar Association " Tatyana Mikhailovna Stas decided to become an intermediary between someone accused of committing a drug crime and the State Drug Control Service.
According to the client, the lawyer herself “asked to give her money in the amount of 40,000 rubles for a certificate from the Federal Drug Control Service, which could significantly affect the punishment.”
The lawyer herself is Stas T.M. explained that “she really suggested... [the client] contact operational law enforcement officers in terms of cooperation in order to obtain a certificate. There was no conversation about paying 40,000 rubles for the specified document, because she was not an employee of the State Drug Control Service is".
However, the qualification commission considered this explanation “incomprehensible and incorrect, hinting that if we were talking about payment for a certificate, then she, as a lawyer, has nothing to do with it.”
The phrases of this defender from a printout of a telephone conversation with a client are also striking:
“Your case is pure, you need to soften it up. Don’t bother yourself. If there was a certificate, they would give it where needed and less. I’ll tell you straight away, you don’t want to, for God’s sake.” “People tried to help you. We did this, what you asked. The conversation was about you. If you told me that I didn’t need to, I wouldn’t do anything... That’s it, don’t.”: “Well, it would be simpler to say that I don’t have money, I don’t need this certificate. I wouldn't do it. That's it, the issue is closed." “I helped you as a person; it wouldn’t have worked out in drug control, I would have gone to the Internal Affairs Directorate and made an agreement. In principle, the same certificate, only from a different organization,” “..Okay, let’s forget about this certificate, these are my overhead costs, so to speak...”. These are the invoices.
Another lawyer, Stas, decided in an original way to soften the investigator’s attitude towards the accused: she offered the client... to pay for her services as defender of the investigator's daughter Shominova in a criminal case of committing a traffic crime in the amount of 15,000 rubles, which he did. In exchange, he said, it was promised that one episode would be excluded from the charges.
As the qualification commission established, “from the printout of the telephone conversation between lawyer T.M. Stas and the applicant, the following can be seen:
Applicant:“You said, together with Z., you sat in the office and said that the two of us would do everything together. And that, I took you once, you met Shominova for unknown reasons, the second time, then you started setting prices for me. "
Stas T.M.:“The first time we met was not with Shominova, we met with your accomplice”….
Applicant:“You then went twice to meet at the bus station, met with Shominova, then at the trial and everyone told me that this was in my interests”….
Stas T.M.:"We were officially in the office twice, and everything that is not official is also work, believe me".
That is, translated from simple Russian into dry official language, “taking into account the above facts, the qualification commission believes that there is no reason to question the explanations of Count B.P.Yu. that, in the framework of his criminal case, lawyer Stas P. .Yu. collaborated with intermediaries who are not lawyers, as well as outside of business communication with investigator Shominova. Accused B.P.Yu.’s awareness of the family troubles of investigator Shominova, the participation of lawyer T.M. Stas in the case of her daughter, indirectly indicates that B.P.Yu. was deliberately introduced to the matter for purposes for which the qualification commission cannot evaluate".
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No. 2. A lawyer from Balakhta, convenient for the investigation, Viktor Mamichev
This representative of the profession, who became a lawyer 5 years ago in the glorious Republic of Tyva, distinguished himself by agreeing to participate in the court hearing, where the issue of extending the period of detention was decided, although the accused had another lawyer and the defendant himself was categorically against the appointment of lawyer Mamichev V .V., since the lawyer working on the case, Menshenina, was absent due to her improper notification.
Moreover, as Mr. Mamichev himself explained, “on February 28, 2011, the chairman of the Balakhtinsky District Court called him and said that in relation to gr. and documents that the investigator was unable to contact lawyer I.A. Menshenina, he began to refuse to participate in the court hearing, but the chairman of the court insisted that the participation of a lawyer is mandatory, so he, V.V. Mamichev “must be present " and work as intended. He had nothing left to do, he checked the documents and indeed, against the will of Count A.A.V., began to represent his interests, and his situation did not worsen... at the same time he “didn’t get involved anywhere, in any details on the merits of the matter.”
Well, you can’t say anything here - I’m just a hostage of circumstances. Of course, when the chairman of a district court asks for a lawyer, it is inconvenient to refuse. Moreover, when there is no need to “get into” the essence of the matter.
And one more touch to the portrait. According to our hero Mamichev, he simply “had to participate as ordered by the court, otherwise he would have received a complaint against him, so he did not violate anything.” This is how lawyer Mamichev takes care of his good name. Bravo! Probably, based on the results of such fruitful cooperation with the investigation and the court, lawyer Mamichev deserves, at a minimum, letters of gratitude from the investigation - “for active assistance to the investigation in exposing the culprit.”
As a result, “the cassation ruling of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court recognized a violation of the rights to defend the accused, which were committed with the direct participation in the court hearing of lawyer V.V. Mamichev, with his connivance and indifference.”
As the qualification commission considered, “having accepted responsibility for providing legal assistance to citizen A.A.V., lawyer V.V. Mamichev did not show professionalism, acted against the will of the citizen and in violation of his rights, freedoms and interests, which may be considered as disrespect for a person's dignity."
No. 3. Sick and lazy lawyer from Krasnoyarsk Svetlana Kapsudina
Lawyer of the Central Krasnoyarsk Regional Bar Association Svetlana Ivanovna Kapsudina. This lady, according to the trustee, took 50,000 rubles from her in a civil case in the Oktyabrsky District Court and... disappeared from the horizon: she did not participate in court hearings, did not answer the client’s calls, and did not appeal the decision not in favor of the client. In general, as they traditionally say in such cases, I got sick. Apparently, the eternal Russian diseases - laziness and lack of curiosity, which, according to the apt expression of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, constitute important features of the national character. But she did not voluntarily give the fee she received to the client.
Moreover, as the dissatisfied trustee explained, “after the initiation of disciplinary proceedings, lawyer S.I. Kapsudina asked her in a telephone conversation to withdraw the complaint, and only under this condition will the issue of returning the money be resolved.”
As a result, the commission considered that “having accepted the obligation to provide legal assistance, lawyer S.I. Kapsudina did not show professionalism in protecting the rights, freedoms and interests of the client, which can be regarded as disrespect for the dignity of the person who turned to him for legal assistance. The qualifications commission regards the actions of the lawyer as actions aimed at undermining the trust of the client and detracting from the authority of the legal profession as a whole."
No. 4. Just a lazy Krasnoyarsk lawyer Maxim Prisyazhnyuk
This story is very similar to the previous one, with one exception - the lawyer of the Krasnoyarsk City Bar, Maxim Viktorovich Prisyazhnyuk, took less money from the client - only five thousand rubles - and, without doing anything to file a claim in court, he happily paid the fee after almost a year and a half . The lawyer turned out to be conscientious.
However, he was not spared by the strict qualification commission, in the opinion of which “lawyer Prisyazhnyuk M.V. did not fulfill his professional duties to his clients:
1. did not perform an action that strictly complies with the requirements of the law (clause 1 of the Federal Law “On Advocacy and the Legal Profession in the Russian Federation” and clause 1 of Article 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers);
2. undermined the trust of his clients and diminished the authority of the legal profession (clause 1 of article 4, clauses 2,3 of article 5 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers);
3. violated the right of citizens to receive qualified legal assistance (Part 1 of Article 48 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation)."
No. 5. “Bazaar” lawyer from Norilsk Galina Babicheva
Galina Mikhailovna Babicheva, a lawyer of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Bar Association working in Norilsk, who, as the qualification commission found out, repeatedly insulted her colleagues in the shop, and also lured away clients who came to another lawyer, like in a clothing market, publicly discussing the cost of his services.
As the commission considered, “these violations generally indicate non-compliance by lawyer G.M. Babicheva with clause 2 of Article 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics, according to which a lawyer, when carrying out professional activities, is obliged to respect the rights, honor and dignity of persons who turn to him for legal assistance.” assistance, principals, colleagues and other persons, adheres to a demeanor and style of dress appropriate for business communication.And also about the non-compliance by lawyer G.M. Babicheva with the customs and traditions that have developed in the legal profession, corresponding to the general principles of morality in society, the observance of which is provided for in Part 3 Article 4 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers."
No. 6. Lawyer - part-time police officer Elena Timofeeva from Achinsk
This could almost be called a legal curiosity. In 2004, Elena Leonidovna Timofeeva received the status of lawyer. At the same time, she had worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs since 1993 and had no intention of resigning after being awarded the status of a lawyer. She works quietly and works, she even wrote an application for the suspension of her status ("in order to maintain her status for the period of work in the internal affairs bodies" - as the qualification commission of the Bar Chamber considered). As a result, the conscious choice of lawyer Timofeeva E.L. in favor of the position of senior detective of the criminal investigation department of the Achinskoye Municipal Internal Affairs Directorate was considered a violation of lawyer's ethics. Such are the times now - working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has become an honor.
This is a list compiled by specialists from Moscow MIFNS No. 46, which includes addresses of “mass registration”.
Bulk address
What is a blacklist of legal addresses
After submitting documents for registration of a legal entity, employees of 46 MIFTS Moscow always make a request to the owner of the address to confirm it. That is why, when searching for it, you need to ask in advance whether this address is included in the so-called black list and whether the owner can confirm the existence of this organization.
Blacklist of legal addresses is a list compiled by MIFTS specialists, which includes “mass registration” addresses.
Bulk address- this is an unofficial wording that refers to a legal address at which the initial registration of a number of legal entities has already been carried out, the total number of which exceeds all reasonable limits. Registering a company with a mass address may cause distrust and suspicion of the company on the part of the tax service and cause a number of additional checks.
The blacklist of legal addresses consists of addresses that are subject to special control by the tax authorities, due to the fact that each of them has the maximum permissible number of organizations registered.
In total, this list contains about 8.5 thousand addresses. The blacklist was sent to all Moscow banks with a requirement not to open current accounts for companies registered at the addresses included in it. In addition, no new companies will be registered at these addresses in the future.
It is noteworthy that representatives of the tax service were not stingy and included almost all of Moscow in this list (the exception was residential buildings). For example, the list includes TARPs and business centers that were specially created to help small businesses. Every year a large number of small businesses register with them. Moreover, earlier government officials said that this was completely legal.
It should be noted that Moscow entrepreneurs often register companies at “mass registration” addresses due to the fact that the actual landlords of their offices refuse to provide the addresses of the premises for rent as legal ones. Thus, the actions of the capital’s tax authorities pose a serious threat to Moscow business.
In February 2006, as part of a program to combat fly-by-night companies, Moscow Tax Inspectorate No. 46 carried out the following unofficial action: it sent out a list to capital banks that included about 8,000 Moscow addresses at which more than 10 organizations were registered. This list was secretly called the “black list of legal addresses” and its purpose was to recommend that banks open accounts for companies registered at listed addresses with caution.
The blacklist of addresses played an important role in the lives of entrepreneurs: banks practically stopped opening current accounts at addresses on the list, and such organizations received a bad reputation, in most cases without doing anything about it. The Federal Tax Service has built barriers to “gray” and “black” tax schemes, but it has also created enormous difficulties for bona fide entrepreneurs. In modern conditions, almost every legal address is massive, if we mean the maximum number of companies at an address is 10. But such a figure was not adequate before and is not so now.
Since the advent of the blacklist of legal addresses, it has not been updated, but, nevertheless, for a long time it enjoyed considerable popularity among banks, tax authorities, and sometimes some large counterparties turned to it. Thus, many problems were created for companies registered at mass addresses: refusals of state registration, difficulties with opening accounts, disrupted transactions.
Over time, the reaction to legal addresses from the blacklist became calmer, but new conventions were created. Thus, for the state registration of organizations at such addresses, additional confirmation from the owner of the premises began to be required, on-site checks of the address by banks and tax authorities began to be organized, and personal meetings of government authorities with the founders became necessary. Compliance with all these conditions now plays a much more important role than finding the address on the list.
How to check your legal address now
Today, the blacklist of legal addresses is outdated, and there is no point in relying on its data. Those multi-page catalogs of black addresses that are posted on the websites of many consulting companies today in no way reflect the real situation with the number of registrations at legal addresses. If you want to see the real picture at the address you are interested in, then We strongly recommend using service on the official website of the Federal Tax Service. The service is constantly updated, and you can be sure that you are receiving up-to-date information first-hand
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In the near future, the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (FPA) intends to present a unified register of lawyers deprived of their status. The list will be publicly available to all bar associations. According to community representatives, the measures taken will help resolve the issue of unscrupulous lawyers infiltrating the corporation.
The list below contains lawyers who have been disbarred or who have received warnings from the Moscow Bar Association or the Moscow Region for various violations of professional ethics of a lawyer with reference to articles detailing the essence of the case.
Kuzmichev Evgeniy Vladimirovich
The head of the company "Avtojurist-Ivanovo", sentenced to two years in a maximum security colony
According to the verdict of the Frunzensky District Court in Ivanovo, the head of the Avtojurist-Ivanovo company, Evgeniy Kuzmichev, must serve two years in a general regime colony. He was charged with participation in 25 episodes of fraud, of which the investigation of 22 was terminated due to the statute of limitations. Citizen Kuzmichev embezzled fees from clients, which they paid as remuneration for the participation of lawyers in auto trials.
Butko Sergey Vasilievich
Sentenced to 4 years for attempted large-scale fraud and use of violence against authorities (registration number of the Moscow Region Bar Association 50/384)
The Tagansky District Court of the capital found 52-year-old member of the Moscow Region Administration Sergei Budko guilty under Part 3 of Art. 30 hours 3 tbsp. 159 of the Criminal Code (attempted fraud on a large scale) and Part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against government officials).
The court sentenced Budko to four years in a general regime colony. As we found out, he worked at the Romanov and Partners Bar Association (Korolev), as well as at the Gestor Bar Association (Balashikha).
Kisilyuk Larisa Alekseevna
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/8414)
She was disbarred in November 2009. They considered that “the method chosen by Kisilyuk to carry out instructions to protect Tvorozhnikova’s interests cannot be regarded as honest, reasonable, conscientious, and qualified.” Due to undocumented agreements, the chamber decided, Tvorozhnikova was unable to compensate for the services of a lawyer in the divorce proceedings. In addition, they drew attention to the “success fee” prohibited by the code of professional ethics of lawyers in a criminal case of libel and insult.
Stebenev Andrey Anatolievich
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/10181)
“We terminated Stebenev’s lawyer status for his violations of the law “On Advocacy and the Bar” and the Code of Ethics for Lawyers,” said Henry Reznik, a member of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers. According to him, while representing Davydova’s interests as intended, Stebenev “inappropriately provided legal assistance.” “He did not appeal the arrest order, but in his comments sided with the prosecution,” Reznik explained.
Voronin Mikhail Vladimirovich
Disbarred (registration number 77/4036)
According to K. Chernega, according to Article 9 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers, a lawyer does not have the right to accept an assignment to perform the function of disposing of the client’s property.
“In violation of this prohibition, Mikhail Voronin, on the basis of a power of attorney dated December 19, 2005, accepted from the former abbess of the Martha and Mary nun Elizaveta (Kryuchkova) an assignment for the management and disposal of all movable and immovable property belonging to the monastery in Moscow and began to sell this property,” - stated K. Chernega.
Yarzutkin Alexey Valentinovich
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/7839)
69-year-old Alexander Ilyin and 52-year-old member of the Moscow Bar Association Alexey Yarzutkin are charged under Part 5 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code (offer of mediation in bribery). According to the case materials, in May last year they offered the director of one of the companies (as specified in the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee, Istoki LLC) mediation in the transfer of a bribe of 13.5 million rubles. judge of the Presidium of the Supreme Court. The money was intended for the cancellation of judicial acts of appeal and cassation - the Arbitration Court of the Ulyanovsk Region and the Administrative Court of the Volga District, which recognized it as legal to hold the company accountable for tax fraud, as well as to send the case for review.
Gradov Evgeniy Vitalievich
Lawyer, registration number 77/10734
The Qualification Commission and the Council of the Moscow Bar Association decided that Gradov violated paragraph 1 of Art. 8 of the professional code of ethics and clause 1, part 1, art. 7 of the Law “On advocacy and advocacy in the Russian Federation.” These norms require the lawyer to fulfill his duties reasonably, conscientiously, skillfully, in a principled and timely manner, and to actively protect the rights, freedoms and interests of clients by all means not prohibited by law.
Moiseeva Yulia Pavlovna
Lawyer of the Moscow Bar Association "New Arbat", registration number 50/1964 in the register of lawyers of the Moscow region
The qualification commission condemned the lawyer for lack of initiative, since she did not find out the date of the court hearings on her own. In her opinion, “the lawyer’s passive expectation of the court’s notification of the date of the court hearing, her reluctance to independently find out this date, so as not to disrupt the planned vacation, is in no way consistent” with the requirements for an honest, reasonable, conscientious and active defense of the rights and legitimate interests of the principal, a qualified , principled and timely performance of their duties (clause 1, clause 1, article 7 of the Federal Law “On advocacy and the legal profession in the Russian Federation”, clause 1, article 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers).
Nersesyan Yuri Nikolaevich
Lawyer, registration number 77/5054
For a “success fee” of 628,000 rubles. a Moscow lawyer received a warning from the Moscow Bar Association. During the disciplinary proceedings, Nersesyan did not deny that he had not contributed 800,000 rubles. neither to the cash desk, nor to the bank account of the bar association “Titul”, where he works. The Qualification Commission assessed this behavior of the lawyer as improper performance of his professional duties to the client. The qualification commission itself regarded the “success fee” as a violation of clause 3 of Art. 16 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers, which prohibits such conditions.
How to avoid being deceived by lawyers and advocates and what kind of deceptions there are
If you turn to lawyers, then you need to know that here you can be deceived, and now there are quite a large number of ways in which legal professionals deceive gullible citizens. One of these methods is to delay a certain case, which the lawyer has undertaken to conduct for a certain monetary payment from his client. In our country, a large number of legal professionals accept monetary payment not for the final result of a particular case, but for the process of the case itself, in which the lawyer helps choose the right strategy and provides assistance in correctly filling out various applications or documents.
Initially, in this kind of business, it will not be profitable for them from a financial point of view; they will either lose or benefit from a certain business that they are conducting. And for the process of conducting this case, they receive a monetary reward, so in every possible way they try to delay the consideration of the case, regardless of how this will affect the decision of the judicial authorities. Therefore, a person who has turned to such legal issues from all sides finds himself in a completely losing situation, because his case is handled by incompetent lawyers and he also pays his own money for it.
Therefore, many experts recommend that before starting to work with a certain lawyer, ask him to first analyze the entire case over a certain period of time, and then give him a fully written estimate of possible monetary expenses. If lawyers begin to evade and say that additional costs may arise during the course of the case, then you should find another lawyer to handle the case. When you have certain questions and difficulties and you need the help of a lawyer, then you can always contact a law office where qualified and experienced lawyers work. With the help of qualified lawyers, you can correctly and with full consideration of all existing rules and regulations fill out applications to the judicial authorities and have a high chance of winning the trial.
Frauds with the cost of lawyer services
In our country, very often people try to find a lawyer who charges a relatively small price for his services and, as a rule, such services are of very low quality. In such cases, the best option would be to pay a high cost to have a reliable and qualified legal professional to help you with a particular case in legal proceedings. Many experts in these matters do not recommend determining the professionalism of a particular lawyer by the price he charges for his work. As often happens when lawyers say that they understand all issues, it often follows that this is an unqualified worker.
Very often there are situations when a legal professional does not want to inform his client about such a fact, then it is possible to suspect him of deceptive actions or fraud in relation to his client. But there may also be the opposite side, almost all clients who turn to a lawyer for help, I want to hear that he will definitely help them win any case, because he is highly qualified and has long experience in a certain field of activity. Therefore, a person who has turned to such legal issues from all sides finds himself in a completely losing situation, because his case is handled by incompetent lawyers and he also pays for this with his own financial resources and spends his own time.
In these matters, one cannot exclude various unforeseen circumstances that may unexpectedly arise during the conduct of a particular case. All this must be taken into account as fully as possible and not make rash conclusions. The choice of a lawyer who will handle your case must be taken as seriously and responsibly as possible. This will sufficiently help you preserve your financial resources, and will also increase the chances of winning in court proceedings on your issue.
Law office that provides assistance from lawyers
Quite often in our country, law firms operate according to a certain pattern and differ little from their peers. They will tell you how qualified and experienced their employees are and that the cost of the services provided is the most optimal and acceptable for you. You will have a fairly good opinion about this legal agency and you will enter into an agreement with them for the provision of services. As a result, after you draw up an agreement, your case will not be handled by the experienced and qualified lawyers who were originally promised to you, but by ordinary students who have no experience in this field. If a person has certain questions and difficulties and you need the help of a lawyer, then you can always contact a law office where qualified and experienced lawyers work. With the help of qualified lawyers, you will be able to correctly and with full consideration of all existing rules and regulations fill out applications to the judicial authorities and have a high chance of winning a trial in a certain case, which will be handled by an experienced lawyer.
Prepayment
If you contact a law office in order, for example, to re-register a plot of land or certain real estate, you may be required to pay a certain amount of money as an advance payment for the services provided. In this case, it is recommended to take and then save all receipts and checks. Here you will also need to make sure of such an important fact that the receipt issued to you is from the person to whom you paid a certain amount of money. When a payment receipt was issued by a certain legal entity, then it must have a special stamp. We must remember that in our country law firms operate according to a certain pattern and differ little from their peers. They will tell you how qualified and experienced their employees are and that the cost of the services provided is the most optimal and acceptable for you. You will have a fairly good opinion about this legal agency and you will enter into an agreement with them for the provision of services.
If a lawyer does not give his client all the information that relates to a particular case, then this can be regarded as deception. Experienced and qualified legal professionals can immediately tell in this regard whether it is possible to win a certain case or whether it is not worth even trying. If a legal professional does not want to inform his client about such a fact, then there is a possibility of suspecting him of deceptive actions or fraud in relation to his client.
But there may also be the opposite side, almost all clients who turn to a lawyer for help, I want to hear that he will definitely help them win any case, because he is highly qualified and has long experience in a certain field of activity. In these matters, one cannot exclude various unforeseen circumstances that may unexpectedly arise during the conduct of a particular case. In such matters, one cannot exclude various unforeseen circumstances that may unexpectedly arise during the conduct of a particular case. All this must be taken into account as fully as possible and not make rash conclusions. The choice of a lawyer who will handle your case must be taken as seriously and responsibly as possible. This will sufficiently help you preserve your financial resources, and will also increase the chances of winning in court proceedings on your issue.
If you have certain questions and difficulties and you need the help of a lawyer, then you can always contact a law office where qualified and experienced lawyers work. With the help of qualified lawyers, you will be able to correctly and with full consideration of all existing rules and regulations fill out applications to the judicial authorities and have a high chance of winning a trial in a particular case.
How can you protect yourself from fraud by a lawyer?
In our country, it is quite difficult for an ordinary person to resist legal professionals who have experience in this field. But there are some recommendations with which you can protect yourself to some extent from possible deception on the part of the lawyer. It is not recommended to transfer the entire amount of money for the service from the very beginning, because after receiving the money, the legal worker will not diligently work on your case, because he has already received payment and has nothing more to wait for. When you contact a law office in order, for example, to re-register a plot of land or certain real estate, you may be required to pay a certain amount of money as an advance payment for the services provided.
In this case, it is recommended to take and then save all receipts and checks. Here you will also need to make sure of such an important fact that the receipt issued to you is from the person to whom you paid a certain amount of money. When a payment receipt was issued by a certain legal entity, then it must have a stamp. All documents must be correctly executed and have appropriate signatures. It is very important not to forget about this rather important fact that if lawyers begin to shy away and say that additional costs may arise during the process of the case, then you should find another lawyer to handle the case. When you have certain questions and difficulties and you need the help of a lawyer, then you can always contact a law office where qualified and experienced lawyers work. With the help of qualified lawyers, you will be able to fill out applications to the judicial authorities correctly and with full consideration of all existing rules and regulations and have a high chance of winning the trial in your case.
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Blacklist of lawyers
and legal companies
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Andrey Yuryevich Kapustin was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Ivan Aleksandrovich Korolev was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Ekaterina Vladimirovna Kutuzova was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Igor Anatolyevich Putilov was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Sergei Nikolaevich Golovin was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Gennady Borisovich Zaitsev was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Nina Albertovna Bueva was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Olga Anatolyevna Stepanova was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Mikhail Yakovlevich Chergeiko was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Pavel Vasilyevich Vekshin was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Vladilen Vladimirovich Strelnikov was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Anton Aleksandrovich Sorvachev was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
By a unanimous decision of the rating commission, lawyer Tatyana Vladimirovna Boyarova was included in the black list of lawyers. The basis for this decision was the lack of cases won and a large number of cases lost by this lawyer, the number of which you can see on our website. Also the reason is the many verified and confirmed complaints about it from customers.
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Why did the Ministry of Justice create a “black list” of five thousand lawyers?
The Ministry of Justice is asked to look into the order of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which deprived 5,000 lawyers of access to the pre-trial detention center.
Russian lawyers have had limited access to their clients. According to information from the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Valery Boyarinov ordered that defense attorneys who received a new type of certificate be prohibited from entering the pre-trial detention center. The reason for this was the absence of a new type of seal of the territorial justice body in the lawyer's certificates.
Called the non-admission of lawyers to their clients a completely unexpected problem honorary lawyer of Russia, former member of the Public Council under the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Ostrovsky. In conversation with NSN he stated that this is unacceptable and violates the Constitutional rights to the protection of people who are in pretrial detention.
“The person who signed such an order must be held accountable for abuse of his powers! This is a malfeasance. For several years, the justice authorities have been accumulating such certificates without putting a stamp on them. At the same time, for some reason, the department did not inform and did not demand from the Minister of Justice to bring the seal in accordance with the law,” the lawyer said.
According to the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, about 5 thousand defense lawyers, including those from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Tatarstan, lost access to the pre-trial detention center. Such certificates began to be issued on April 23, 2014. During the year, the absence of a seal did not bother the FSIN.
As Alexander Ostrovsky clarified, not allowing lawyers into the pre-trial detention center will affect the progress of the investigation and disrupt trials.
“By law, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee are obliged to immediately respond to the current situation. Otherwise, actual sabotage of investigative actions will occur. It will be impossible to conduct an interrogation in a pre-trial detention center without lawyers; it will be impossible to complete familiarization with the case materials. This is a bomb for our investigation and justice,” the interlocutor is sure NSN.
The Federal Chamber of Lawyers has already informed the Ministry of Justice about the problem with access to the pre-trial detention center, however, according to representatives of the FPA, no effective measures have been taken to solve it.
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Fraudster Irina Yurkina, Novosibirsk
Irina Yurkina (IYU1982 nickname on banki.ru website), email [email protected], card 4817 7600 8941 3003 Sberbank, active participant and moderator of the legal forum
http://forum.fort-yust.ru and https://forum.fort-ust.ru, phone +7 913 4790519. LLC "Fort-Yust" Ufa.
After sending money to the card, intended for writing an objection to the statement of claim, he first answers calls and assures that he will have time to do everything. Afterwards he doesn’t get in touch.
Plaintiff Fraudster!
Fraudster Mazaev Alexey Grigorievich, born October 15, 1978, phone: +7-903-581-37-77.
Attention! False lawyer Elena Ivanovna Sovpenchuk is wanted
Kirichko Maria Viktorovna and Sovpenchuk Elena Ivanovna.
Employees of LLC “Vashe Pravo” St. Petersburg, Maly pr. PS, 36/38
Type of activity: providing professional legal assistance.
In the near future, the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (FPA) intends to present a unified register of lawyers deprived of their status. The list will be publicly available to all bar associations. According to community representatives, the measures taken will help resolve the issue of unscrupulous lawyers infiltrating the corporation.
The list below contains lawyers who have been disbarred or who have received warnings from the Moscow Bar Association or the Moscow Region for various violations of professional ethics of a lawyer with reference to articles detailing the essence of the case.
Kuzmichev Evgeniy Vladimirovich
The head of the company "Avtojurist-Ivanovo", sentenced to two years in a maximum security colony
According to the verdict of the Frunzensky District Court in Ivanovo, the head of the Avtojurist-Ivanovo company, Evgeniy Kuzmichev, must serve two years in a general regime colony. He was charged with participation in 25 episodes of fraud, of which the investigation of 22 was terminated due to the statute of limitations. Citizen Kuzmichev embezzled fees from clients, which they paid as remuneration for the participation of lawyers in auto trials...
Butko Sergey Vasilievich
Sentenced to 4 years for attempted large-scale fraud and use of violence against authorities (registration number of the Moscow Region Bar Association 50/384)
The Tagansky District Court of the capital found 52-year-old member of the Moscow Region Administration Sergei Budko guilty under Part 3 of Art. 30 hours 3 tbsp. 159 of the Criminal Code (attempted fraud on a large scale) and Part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against government officials).
The court sentenced Budko to four years in a general regime colony. As we found out, he worked at the Romanov and Partners Bar Association (Korolev), as well as at the Gestor Bar Association (Balashikha).
Kisilyuk Larisa Alekseevna
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/8414)
She was disbarred in November 2009. They considered that “the method chosen by Kisilyuk to carry out instructions to protect Tvorozhnikova’s interests cannot be regarded as honest, reasonable, conscientious, and qualified.” Due to undocumented agreements, the chamber decided, Tvorozhnikova was unable to compensate for the services of a lawyer in the divorce proceedings. In addition, they drew attention to the “success fee” prohibited by the code of professional ethics of lawyers in a criminal case of libel and insult.
Stebenev Andrey Anatolievich
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/10181)
“We have terminated Stebenev’s lawyer status for his violations of the law “On Advocacy and the Bar” and the Code of Ethics for Lawyers,” said Henry Reznik, a member of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers. According to him, while representing Davydova’s interests as intended, Stebenev “inappropriately provided legal assistance.” “He did not appeal the arrest order, but in his comments sided with the prosecution,” Reznik explained.
Voronin Mikhail Vladimirovich
Disbarred (registration number 77/4036)
According to K. Chernega, according to Article 9 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers, a lawyer does not have the right to accept an assignment to perform the function of disposing of the client’s property.
“In violation of this prohibition, Mikhail Voronin, on the basis of a power of attorney dated December 19, 2005, accepted from the former abbess of the Martha and Mary nun Elizaveta (Kryuchkova) an assignment for the management and disposal of all movable and immovable property belonging to the monastery in Moscow and began to sell this property,” - stated K. Chernega.
Yarzutkin Alexey Valentinovich
Deprived of lawyer status (registration number 77/7839)
69-year-old Alexander Ilyin and 52-year-old member of the Moscow Bar Association Alexey Yarzutkin are charged under Part 5 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code (offer of mediation in bribery). According to the case materials, in May last year they offered the director of one of the companies (as specified in the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee, Istoki LLC) mediation in the transfer of a bribe of 13.5 million rubles. judge of the Presidium of the Supreme Court. The money was intended for the abolition of judicial acts of appeal and cassation - the Arbitration Court of the Ulyanovsk Region and the Administrative Court of the Volga District, which recognized it as legal to hold the company accountable for tax fraud, as well as to send the case for review.
Gradov Evgeniy Vitalievich
Lawyer, registration number 77/10734
The Qualification Commission and the Council of the Moscow Bar Association decided that Gradov violated paragraph 1 of Art. 8 of the professional code of ethics and clause 1, part 1, art. 7 of the Law “On advocacy and advocacy in the Russian Federation”. These norms require the lawyer to fulfill his duties reasonably, conscientiously, skillfully, in a principled and timely manner, and to actively protect the rights, freedoms and interests of clients by all means not prohibited by law.
Moiseeva Yulia Pavlovna
Lawyer of the Moscow Bar Association "New Arbat", registration number 50/1964 in the register of lawyers of the Moscow region
The qualification commission condemned the lawyer for lack of initiative, since she did not find out the date of the court hearings on her own. In her opinion, “the lawyer’s passive expectation of the court’s notification of the date of the court hearing, her reluctance to independently find out this date, so as not to disrupt the planned vacation, is in no way consistent” with the requirements for an honest, reasonable, conscientious and active defense of the rights and legitimate interests of the principal, a qualified , principled and timely performance of their duties (clause 1, clause 1, article 7 of the Federal Law “On advocacy and the legal profession in the Russian Federation”, clause 1, article 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers).
Nersesyan Yuri Nikolaevich
Lawyer, registration number 77/5054
For a “success fee” of 628,000 rubles. a Moscow lawyer received a warning from the Moscow Bar Association. During the disciplinary proceedings, Nersesyan did not deny that he had not contributed 800,000 rubles. neither to the cash desk, nor to the bank account of the bar association “Titul”, where he works. The Qualification Commission assessed this behavior of the lawyer as improper performance of his professional duties to the client. The qualification commission itself regarded the “success fee” as a violation of clause 3 of Art. 16 of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers, which prohibits such conditions.