20010045 | Office of Legal Ethics Counsel & Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri

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Informal Opinion Number: 20010045

Rules: 4-1.7

Client-Lawyer Relationship

Conflict of Interest: Current Clients

QUESTION: May Attorney, who is also a part time municipal judge, represent persons charged in other courts with crimes that are alleged to have occurred inside the municipal boundaries?
ANSWER: No, if there is any possibility that the person could be charged with a municipal offense based on the same conduct.

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