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Lawyer tries advice-of-counsel defense in disciplinary case; didn’t disclose client’s death

By Karen Rubin on January 21, 2016

Legal ethicsHere’s an update on a case we reported on last year, where a lawyer agreed to a settlement on behalf of his plaintiff client — who happened to already be dead at the time.  The court of appeals in the Illinois case, Robison v. Orthotic & Prosthetic Lab, (predictably) tossed out the settlement based…

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