Legal Opinion
Lasalle National Bank and Lake Properties Venture v. County of Lake and the Village of Grayslake
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 1983No. 82-1601PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This case confronts us with some of the ethical problems involved when a former government attorney takes up the practice of law with a large law firm. Lake County, Illinois, one of the parties to this appeal, is the former employer of an attorney now practicing law with the firm representing the plaintiffs-appellants. Lake County moved to disqualify the plaintiffs’ law firm because of the County’s former relationship with one of the firm’s associates. The district court granted the motion, finding that the past association gave rise to an appearance of impropriety and…
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