The Purloined Papers
Most disciplinary proceedings charge lawyers with betraying clients; but the profession itself is equally upset when lawyers display excessive zeal on behalf of clients at the expense of the integrity of the legal system. A lawyer, convinced of his client's cause, collaborated with her in misappropriating papers belonging to opposing counsel in order to demand a settlement. When the judge dismissed the case with prejudice, the lawyer responded by moving her recusal on grounds that her judgment had been distorted by a diagnosis of and treatment for cancer. When her dismissal was upheld on appeal, the lawyer filed three duplicative lawsuits in federal court, ignoring res judicata.
Keywords: excessive zeal, recusal motions, misuse of opponents' discovery errors
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