Q: In a legal dispute with my landlord who gave my email to their lawyer. Lawyer keeps emailing me. Can he do that?Ethical?
Moved into a rental house in June. To this day, owners have not fixed any major problems here that we showed them. 2 months after moving in we called the village inspector. They were given a 3 page list of housing code violations! On Oct.10t the inspector will come back out to check for compliance. They will fail. Nothing has been fixed. We retained a lawyer to sue for breach of contract due to all the rooms that are uninhabitable & flooding the owners were aware of. Many other problems also.The owners are now being fined $750/day from the village due to all the violations.At their court date for compliance,Oct.12th, they will be issued anywhere from $1K-$10K per violation not fixed yet.Now theyre getting scared so they gave their lawyer my email.The past 3 days their lawyer sent me 3 emails trying to scare me based on lies from his client, the owners.After the 1st email, I emailed back saying stop emailing me. He sent 2 more after that.Can their lawyer contact me being the other side?
A: The other side's lawyer can contact you unless her she knows you have a lawyer and who it is. It is unethical if the other lawyer contacts you directly once they know who your lawyer is.
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