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FLORIDA NEWS ARCHIVE - LAWYER ETHICS, Candor Toward the Tribunal Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee reaffirms advisory opinion addressing duties of lawyer whose criminal defense client is proceeding under false name [Added 6/23/08] At its meeting in Boca Raton on January 20, 2008, the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee reaffirmed Proposed Advisory Opinion 90-6 (Reconsideration). PAO 90-6 (Reconsideration) addresses the duties of a lawyer whose criminal defense client is proceeding under a false name. Among other conclusions, PAO 90-6 (Reconsideration) states that a lawyer who learns of the false identity after undertaking the representation must attempt to persuade the client to disclose that the client is proceeding under a false name and, if that fails, must make disclosure to the court. Some interested Florida Bar members, including representatives of the Bar's Criminal Law Section and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, filed comments regarding PAO 90-6 (Reconsideration). Those persons who filed comments now have 30 days in which to request review by the Bar's Board of Governors. (See Florida Bar Procedures for Ruling on Questions of Ethics.) Watch sunEthics.com for updates.
"High-law" agreement not prohibited as matter of public policy and should not have been disclosed to jury. [Added 3/15/07] -- Gulf Industries, Inc. v. Nair, 953 So.2d 590 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).
Lawyer sanctioned for failing to inform appellate court that matter on appeal had been settled. [Added 2/28/05] -- Merkle v. Guardianship of Jacoby, 912 So.2d 593 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). |
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