LEO: Conflict of Interests/Communication With, LE Op. 529

 

    Conflict of Interests/Communication With Adverse Party/County Board of Supervisors.

 

    September 13, 1983

 

    Even if an attorney knows that the County Attorney is the legal counsel to the Board of Supervisors, it is not improper for the attorney to contact directly a member of a County Board of Supervisors. DR:7-104 is applicable in an antagonistic or adversarial context and is not applicable in a case where persons are petitioning a legislative body. [DR:7-104]

 

Committee Opinion September 13, 1983

 

LEO: Conflict of Interests/Communication With, LE Op. 529 (1983)