Legal Opinion
In Re Prb Docket No. 2007-046
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 25, 2009No. 08-214 & 08-215PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. We ordered review of these attorney-discipline cases to consider the application of the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct to two attorneys who misled a potential witness *38about whether they were recording a telephone conversation. A hearing panel of the Professional Responsibility Board determined that the attorneys had violated Rule 4.1 — which provides that “[i]n the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person” — but had not violated Rule 8.4(c) — which establishes that it is professional misconduct…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. Ben-Mont CorporationSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
- Fletcher Hill, Inc. v. CrosbieSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
- Robes v. Town of HartfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- Judicial Watch, Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
- In Re FarrarSupreme Court of Vermont · 2008
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- In re BalivetSupreme Court of Vermont · 2014
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