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9-Government Lawyer Conflicts

15-Representing Other Entities - Miscellaneous

A county attorney represents a Planning Commission, and also represents a plaintiff in an action against a member of the Planning Commission in an unrelated matter. The Bar declines to determine if the individual members of the Commission or the Commission as a whole is the "client" (labeling it a "legal question"). The answer would provide guidance on what consents the lawyer would need.

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn