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Texas Supreme Court presses counsel on lawyer-as-party ethics rule in oral argument session
Summary
The Supreme Court of Texas heard three cases and focused sustained questioning on whether a disciplinary rule that limits communications with commission members applies when a lawyer represents themself.
The Supreme Court of Texas heard argument in three cases and spent substantial time probing whether a disciplinary rule bars communications with commission members when a lawyer is both a party and a representative.
Court Clerk opened the session and announced the court would hear three cases: No. 24063 (Ruth v. Division for Lawyer Discipline, from Gillespie County, fourth court of appeals), No. 240782 (Pusey v. South Texas ISD, thirteenth court of appeals), and No. 240864 (City of San Antonio v. Rayon Bank, Bexar County, fourth court of appeals). The court noted arguments were being live streamed and that counsel generally had 20 minutes.
Justices repeatedly questioned the premise that a lawyer who represents themself should be treated differently under the communications rule…
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