By Andrew Strickler (December 15, 2021, 12:51 PM EST) -- For professional responsibility lawyers and anyone with a hankering for legal ethics news, it was a year of bounty. Tom Girardi, a once-celebrated plaintiffs lawyer with a taste for the high life, made headlines as a cavalcade of fraud allegations forced him into bankruptcy, federal court disbarment and potential criminal trouble. Amid a swarm of opioid-related litigation, the elite Arnold & Porter got into hot water for discovery cover-ups as defense counsel for Endo Pharmaceuticals. And a former Paul Weiss partner lost the top enforcement job at the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission after an unusual reprimand in a human rights. . .
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