DivorceHell
Junior Member
New York, NY
A divorce lawyer and his wife were friends with my wife and I. Not too long ago, we were waiting with our kids on line to see Santa Claus and I discussed bankruptcy options with him, whether it was worth it to get divorced to declare bankruptcy, when he said no and that I could get 7 years in jail for it I asked him about other options. He gave me a referral to a bankruptcy attorney he was a friend of.
Truth be told, I wasn't a huge fan of his and I don't think he was a huge fan of mine. Nevertheless, he knows personal things about me, such as the nature of my debt and that I was thinking about getting divorced to avoid ruining my wife's financial future, especially since one of us needed to have decent credit to move ahead.
Is this a conflict of interest? It was certainly not a routine consultation, but he gave me advice and a referral. His firm is now representing my wife and I'm getting killed, she has control of our assets which are admittedly minimal.
A divorce lawyer and his wife were friends with my wife and I. Not too long ago, we were waiting with our kids on line to see Santa Claus and I discussed bankruptcy options with him, whether it was worth it to get divorced to declare bankruptcy, when he said no and that I could get 7 years in jail for it I asked him about other options. He gave me a referral to a bankruptcy attorney he was a friend of.
Truth be told, I wasn't a huge fan of his and I don't think he was a huge fan of mine. Nevertheless, he knows personal things about me, such as the nature of my debt and that I was thinking about getting divorced to avoid ruining my wife's financial future, especially since one of us needed to have decent credit to move ahead.
Is this a conflict of interest? It was certainly not a routine consultation, but he gave me advice and a referral. His firm is now representing my wife and I'm getting killed, she has control of our assets which are admittedly minimal.