Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 5, 2008
The Silent Treatment
When a client faces similar criminal and civil actions, criminal and civil attorneys must work together to ensure criminal case against a client is not jeopardized by the civil proceedings, writes Lisa J. Damiani. - Focus Column
By Lisa J. Damiani
This article appears on Page 7
It is not uncommon for a criminal defense lawyer to encounter a civil complaint filed against his or her client and containing allegations eerily similar to those made by the district attorney or the U.S. attorney. Sometimes the civil complaint will follow the filing of an information or indictment.
More often,...
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