LEO: Multiple Representation - Bankruptcy  LE Op. 595

 

Multiple Representation - Bankruptcy.

 

August 10, 1984

 

It is improper for an attorney to represent an estate in litigation to

recover the proceeds of a promissory note payable to the decedent and,

simultaneously, to represent the trustee in decedent's bankruptcy for the

purpose of enforcing the same promissory note as an asset of the

bankrupt's estate in the reopened bankruptcy proceeding. [ DR:5-105(B), (

C); EC:5-14, EC:5-15]

 

Committee Opinion August 10, 1984