In Re Lanza

At the very foundation of our adversary system reposes the basic tenet that one attorney may not represent two clients having conflicting interests at the same legal or judicial proceeding. My colleagues in the majority have interpreted this fundamental concept as they have viewed it through the exceptional circumstances of Canon 6, the predecessor of DR 5-105, and In re Kamp, 40 N. J. 588, 595 (1963). In permitting representation of multiple clients, DR 5-105(C) partially provides:

* * * if he [the lawyer] believes that he can adequately represent the interests of each and if each consents to…