These summaries were prepared by McGuireWoods LLP lawyer Thomas E. Spahn. They are based on the letter opinions issued by the Virginia State Bar. Any editorial comments reflect Mr. Spahn's current personal views, and not the opinions of the Virginia State Bar, McGuireWoods or its clients. 
 
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17-Fraud on the Tribunal

27-Litigation Tactics (Including Misrepresentations, Tape Recordings)

Defense counsel in a workers' compensation proceeding may prepare a doctor's medical report on the hospital's letterhead as long as "the content of the lawyer-composed medical report . . . honestly . . . capture[s] the testimony that the physician wishes to present (as opposed to lawyer-created testimony that the lawyer wishes to present irrespective of the physician's own testimony) and [is] reviewed, adopted and signed by the physician voluntarily." [Superseded in LEO 1803, which held that the existence of an attorney client relationship depends on the lawyer's action rather than a mere title, and holding that the attorney client relationship would arise between prisoners and lawyers practicing at a state prison if the lawyers did anything more than simply typing up what the prisoner wrote].

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn