Legal Question in Legal Ethics in California
Pro se litigant who is an attorney
Pro se litigants are allowed certain flexibility when attempting to represent themselves. The public policy being that if a person can't afford to pay for a lawyer, the courts should not close their doors to them. However, what happens when an attorney represents him/her self? Is that person treated as having council? Or is that person treated as a pro se litigant?
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Re: Pro se litigant who is an attorney
The judge usually breathes a sigh of relief because the court probably won't have to explain things to the lawyer and the lawyer's testimony should be on point. Since I'm not sure exactly where you're going with the question, I'll answer that the lawyer is entitled to represent herself and is expected to (and should) know the rules of civil procedure.
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