When an attorney-client relationship turns nasty and litigation seems imminent, is it OK for the lawyer to send the kind of aggressive letter that attorneys sometimes write to scare off potential adversaries? The answer is no, according to the New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board. The board recommended a reprimand for lawyer Harry Levin, who warned a client that he would ask a judge to send her to a psychiatrist if she pursued an ethics grievance against him.
September 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When an attorney-client relationship turns nasty and litigation seems imminent, is it OK for the lawyer to send the kind of aggressive letter that attorneys sometimes write to scare off potential adversaries?
The answer is no, the Disciplinary Review Board suggests in recommending a reprimand for a lawyer who wrote such a letter, Harry Levin of Levin & Cyphers in Toms River, N.J.
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