Comments on: Can my Lawyer represent my sister in law with her divorce to my brother? Conflict of interest? http://ocdivorcelaw.com/topblog/can-my-lawyer-represent-my-sister-in-law-with-her-divorce-to-my-brother-conflict-of-interest?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-my-lawyer-represent-my-sister-in-law-with-her-divorce-to-my-brother-conflict-of-interest Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Common http://ocdivorcelaw.com/topblog/can-my-lawyer-represent-my-sister-in-law-with-her-divorce-to-my-brother-conflict-of-interest/comment-page-1#comment-44 Common Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:57:53 +0000 http://ocdivorcelaw.com/topblog/can-my-lawyer-represent-my-sister-in-law-with-her-divorce-to-my-brother-conflict-of-interest#comment-44 No, its not a conflict of interest unless he represented your brother in the past or if he gained inside knowledge of that suit during his representation of you. But its not a conflict to take on cases that make your current clients angry. Here's the link to the American Bar Association's model rules of professional conduct: http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html. You want rules 1.7 and 1.8. No, its not a conflict of interest unless he represented your brother in the past or if he gained inside knowledge of that suit during his representation of you. But its not a conflict to take on cases that make your current clients angry.

Here’s the link to the American Bar Association’s model rules of professional conduct: http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html. You want rules 1.7 and 1.8.

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