Nj Supreme Court Rules City's Law Firm May Represent Private Clients Before Municipal Boards
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A law firm that serves as bond counsel for a city is not necessarily barred from representing private clients in matters before municipal boards, agencies and courts, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a state disciplinary board opinion.
State disciplinary rules prohibit a lawyer from representing a client "if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest." Although state rules allow private clients to waive a conflict, public entities are precluded from consenting to concurrent representation.See the full content of this document
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Nj Supreme Court Rules City's Law Firm May Represent Private Clients Before Municipal Boards
The law firm in this matter requested clarification as to whether its service as bond coun...
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