The ABA’s ethics committee weighed in on Model Rule 1.16’s requirements for withdrawing from representation, cautioning attorneys to avoid breaking the “hot potato” rule.
Colorado’s presiding disciplinary judge disbarred the attorney for abandoning three vulnerable immigration clients and for later falsifying bank records ahead of a disciplinary investigation, according to the opinion.
The Colorado Supreme Court held Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) doesn’t allow counsel to ask for communications between opposing counsel and their clients.
