LEO: Conflict of Interest/Communication with LE Op. 521

 

    Conflict of Interest/Communication with Adverse Party.

 

    August 1, 1983

 

    The provisions of DR:7-104(A) would bar direct contact between an attorney and an adverse party who is represented by counsel. Neither the fact that the attorney is representing himself nor the claim that the adverse party's attorney is wrongfully withholding information from the adverse party would constitute an exception to the rule. [DR:7-104(A) and ABA Formal Opinion 108 dated 3/10/34]

 

Committee Opinion August 1, 1983

 

LEO: Conflict of Interest/Communication with, LE Op. 521 (1983)