Dallas mayoral candidate Tom Leppert couldn’t resist.
At a forum on April 25 at the Dallas Bar Association headquarters, where 11 of the 12 candidates running for Dallas mayor touted their credentials, Leppert made a lawyer joke.
What happens to a lawyer's practice when he or she decides to run for municipal office? Most must scale back their practices, alter their relationships with partners and guard against potential conflicts of interest, all without the promise of financial gain. Of the three lawyers among 12 candidates running for mayor of Dallas, only Roger Herrera, a solo, says he can keep working on cases while running for mayor. "I want to encourage my fellow attorneys to run for office," he says.
May 09, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Dallas mayoral candidate Tom Leppert couldn’t resist.
At a forum on April 25 at the Dallas Bar Association headquarters, where 11 of the 12 candidates running for Dallas mayor touted their credentials, Leppert made a lawyer joke.
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