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Shouldn't the lawyer have told the beneficiary that it would be a conflict of interest for him to take the case?
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I'm not a lawyer, but I've been related to one for the past 42 years and I pay attention... If the lawyer felt it was a conflict of interest, he would have said so... as much a bad rap as lawyers get - they have a pretty rigid code of ethics that they have to abide by... and it's not worth disbarrment for ignoring those ethics...
My father has represented people where he's socialized with the opposing counsel or the judge most of his career... It's not a conflict of interest at all... Jazz has it right -it's the lawyer's job to represent his client to the best of his/her ability... if they deliberately screwed up a case, that's one thing, but his friendships aren't a factor at all...