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Can lawyers be unethical?

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I am a legal ethics attorney. One of the things that I do as part of my work is defend lawyers who have been called before the disciplinary board for allegedly violating attorney ethics rules. You are asking whether it makes sense for lawyers to be unethical? Well no, it doesn't. read more

Of course, many lawyers can be. Perhaps the biggest case of an unethical lawyer in recent memory is the story of Marc Dreier. (A lot has been written. Start with his Wiki page, and go from there.) Long story short: this guy engaged in massive fraud on several fronts. This was in 2009 when it all came crashing down. read more

In Canada right now there is a law that is glaringly unethical, and that the present Government is refusing to suspend even though it would be easy to do so. This law is directly comparable to the 1930s laws forbidding Germans to help Jews. read more

Assuming that the original assumptions were correct, you were citing considerations that could legally justify unethical conduct, which is a common occurrence. i agree that lawyers are trained to think this way, for good reason, but they should also be able to see where in is inappropriate, or, as in this case, stupid. read more

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