LEO: Conflict of Interest/Communication With, LE Op. 533

 

    Conflict of Interest/Communication With Adverse Witnesses/Former Officers, Directors and Employees of Adversary Party.

 

    December 16, 1983

 

    It would be ethically permissible for an attorney to communicate directly with the former officers, directors, and employees of an adversary party. However, if the attorney knows that any of these witnesses is represented by counsel, the requirements of DR:7-103(A) would prohibit direct communication. [DR:7-103(A), LE Op. 530, and LE Op. 347 (formerly LE-IO 436)]

 

Committee Opinion December 16, 1983

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

    See also LE Op. 905, and LE Op. 1281

 

LEO: Conflict of Interest/Communication With, LE Op. 533 (1983)