My husband is using a lawyer that represented me for our divorce?

TX Can he use a lawyer that represented me?

shookup said:

TX Can he use a lawyer that represented me?

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What did you use him for? And yes, there might be a conflict of interest....

shookup said:

TX Can he use a lawyer that represented me?

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You'd need to be more specific. If the attorney represented you on a speeding ticket, for example, there wouldn't be a conflict of interest. OTOH, if the attorney has access to any significant personal information, there might be.

So when did he represent you and for what?

If there's a conflict, I don't think your husband can be penalized. It's the attorney who is doing something wrong. The solution might be as simple as sending the attorney a note reminding him that he represented you and that you consider it a conflict of interest for him to represent your husband. You might even send a copy of the letter to the state bar if you're sure it's not an innocent mistake.

My lawyer knows me inside and out

He represented me in a tampering with a witness case in which I was not guilty. A long drawn out trial. My husband paid him 10k. He represented me. He knows everything there is to know about me and can use it against me.

shookup said:

He represented me in a tampering with a witness case in which I was not guilty. A long drawn out trial. My husband paid him 10k. He represented me. He knows everything there is to know about me and can use it against me.

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Did you perhaps not tamper with this witness for your STBX's benefit?

I was found not guilty!

I am not the one who lied. My husband knows my entire family and friends. I have called the police and they have done nothing as I expected. I guess I loose my pictures and my valueables and he gets away with it... I call his attorney and he is never in the office now?

shookup said:

He represented me in a tampering with a witness case in which I was not guilty. A long drawn out trial. My husband paid him 10k. He represented me. He knows everything there is to know about me and can use it against me.

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I would suggest a certified letter to him with a copy to the State Bar stating that since he represented you in the past there is a conflict of interest in him representing your husband. Given the circumstances, I'm not sure it's going to fly, though.

mistoffolees said:

I would suggest a certified letter to him with a copy to the State Bar stating that since he represented you in the past there is a conflict of interest in him representing your husband. Given the circumstances, I'm not sure it's going to fly, though.

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Personally, I think its a definite conflict of interest, therefore I think you should take the above advice, however, if a case has already been filed, I would include a copy of the letter for the court file as well.