Legal Opinion
Calvert v. Mayberry
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 2016No. Court of Appeals No. 14CA1559PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by JUDGE BERNARD
*909¶ 1 If a lawyer enters into a contract with a client that violates Colo. RPC 1.8(a), one of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, can the attorney later enforce the contract against the client? Appellate courts in Colorado have not previously addressed this question. We conclude that the answer to this question is "no."
¶ 2 The attorney, plaintiff, David Ross Calvert, asks us to reverse the summary judgment that the trial court entered in favor of his former client, defendant Diane L. Mayberry, also known as Diane Marie Laba-Mayberry, and her daughter, defendant…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Calvert v. MayberrySupreme Court of Colorado · 2019