Skip to content

menu

Thompson Hine LLP logo
HomeAboutServicesContact
Subscribe
Search
Close
How Not to PracticeLaw Practice ManagementSocial Media and InternetCompetence
All Topics Archives

The Law for Lawyers Today

Ethics, Professional Responsibility and More

Model Rule 3.7

Subscribe to Model Rule 3.7 via RSS

Witness to an execution: no conflict issue for ass’t state AG, says district court

By Karen Rubin on August 31, 2018

In an unusual application of the lawyer-witness rule, a district court recently held that the rule would not prevent an assistant state attorney general from being on an open phone line along with the court and other party representatives during the execution of a death-row inmate — even though the assistant AG might have to…

Posted in Conflicts
Thompson Hine LLP logo
Atlanta|Chicago|Cincinnati|Cleveland|Columbus|Dayton|Los Angeles|Minneapolis|New York|Washington, D.C.
Subscribe to this blog via RSS Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
All Topics Archives

About

The Law for Lawyers Today is a resource for law firms, law departments and lawyers needing information to meet the challenge of practicing ethically and responsibly. Here you’ll find timely updates on legal ethics, the “law of lawyering,” risk management and legal malpractice, running your legal business— and more.

Read More...

Topics

Archives

Copyright © 2025, Thompson Hine LLP. All Rights Reserved.
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo