Paging William Shakespeare
So many employees of the city of Chicago, Ill., have been implicated in the “Hired Truck” scandal that there may not be enough lawyers in town to represent them all, observers say. Some officials, including Mayor Richard Daley, have hired attorneys to represent them just in case they are charged; once an attorney takes on a client in the case, conflict of interest rules say they can’t represent any others. “I’m aware of attorneys who have had to turn away business, not just [in my] firm,” one lawyer said. Others disagree. “There are many good lawyers around,” said defense attorney Tom Breen. “For me to take a position that the good ones are getting locked up, I just don’t buy that.” (Chicago Sun-Times) ...Right: No one buys the idea that it’s possible to have a shortage of lawyers in the U.S.
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