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Northam v. Virginia State Bar
121623 Northam v. Virginia State Bar 02/28/2013 In Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board proceedings finding that an attorney violated Rule 1.10(a) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, the use of "kn…
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121623 Northam v. Virginia State Bar 02/28/2013 In Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board proceedings finding that an attorney vio…
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- Feb 28, 2013
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121623 Northam v. Virginia State Bar 02/28/2013 In Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board proceedings finding that an attorney violated Rule 1.10(a) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, the use of "knowingly" in the Rule is not without purpose, and is a separate and distinct element that must be proven before a violation can be established. An attorney in a law firm must have had knowledge at the time he represented a party that his partner was prohibited from doing so. Nothing in the board's findings of fact in this case resolves the issue whether the subject attorney continued representing the husband in a divorce case at a time when he knew that his partner was disqualified from…
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