Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 16, 2014
How to ethically withdraw from a case
While clients have an absolute right to fire their counsel at any time, lawyers do not always have a reciprocal right to withdraw at any time. Here's how a lawyer may ethically withdraw. By Diana DiGennaro
Two weeks after a jury found his client guilty of murder and arson and just before the sanity phase of the trial, defense attorney Stephen A. O'Connor, announced to the court that he'd made mistakes, had been incompetent and would not continue in the case. After a closed hearing, the presiding judge ordered O'Connor to continue representing his client. O'Connor reportedly responded, "I cannot and will not do that," but...
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