Q: can lawyers who have a state bar complaint on the still be on that case.
acts of moral turpitude have occurred and a state bar complaint was filled on lawyers, can those lawyers/law group still be on that case? it's a family law case. Can I notify the judge of this bar complaint before the hearing resides? and what can the judge do once he learns of these acts of moral turpitude and a bar complaint filled on this law group?
A:
If a client files a bar complaint against his own lawyer may have created a conflict of interest that may require the attorney to withdraw.
Otherwise, a complaint is nothing but a complaint, and not a finding of anything done wrong.
Further, unless an attorney is suspended from the practice of law, or disbarred, a bar complaint does not require removal from a case.
A:
If they are your attorney, you can fire them.
If they are another party’s attorney, it’s frankly none of your business.
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