Legal Question in Personal Injury in New Mexico

If a law firm is representing me in a accident and I got in another accident can they represent the person from the new accident?


Asked on 10/11/11, 3:55 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

It would be a serious breach of legal ethics for a single law firm to represent clients whose interests are in conflict. It is legally inappropriate for any law firm to represent parties on both sides of a controversy. If you have proof that this is the case, then whomever was the first client stays, and the other has to go. IF you encounter difficulty, a call to the State Bar of New Mexico offers help for such situations. You can call them.

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Answered on 10/11/11, 7:30 am


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