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My mother, my client: your brother wants you to prepare his "simple" will. Your college roommate wants you to handle her real estate closing. Should you do it? Probably not, ethics experts and seasoned lawyers say.
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Illinois Bar Journal
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July 1, 2008
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- Gunnarsson, Helen W.
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Whatever your field of practice, whatever your practice setting, it's surely happened to you: a family member or close friend calls you for advice about a legal matter. Indeed, experienced lawyers and consultants warn law students and others considering opening their own practices that family members and close friends may be their only clients for a while. After all, "you sure won't get business from your enemies," Ogle county sole practitioner maria Berger observes.
Maybe your brother and his wife run a terrific bistro in your area, which you patronize on a regular basis. Brother and wife have decided to expand and wish to retain your services ...
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CLOSE FRIEND OF CLINTON QUIZZED IN LEWINSKY CASE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
March 20, 1998 ;
779 words
......investigation questioned a close friend of President Clinton yesterday while a lawyer for another Clinton accuser...said that Kathleen Willey's lawyer, Dan Gecker, indicated she...on.'' The Richmond, Va., lawyer said he talked with Star...
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Ten: Williams defends close friend over watch incident
AAP Sports News (Australia);
January 26, 2007 ;
175 words
......Australia) 01-26-2007 Ten: Williams defends close friend over watch incident Finalist SERENA WILLIAMS says it's outrageous to suggest her close friend deliberately tried to upset her opponent...fabrication. She says the man in question is a close friend, although she refused to ...
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Ten: Williams defends close friend over watch dazzling claim
AAP Sports News (Australia);
January 26, 2007 ;
382 words
......Australia) 01-26-2007 Ten: Williams defends close friend over watch dazzling claim By John Salvado...says it is outrageous to suggest her "close friend" deliberately tried to upset her opponent...Australian tennis fan who had become a "close friend" since they first met when he was ...
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Musharraf's close friend among three 'plotters' named by Benazir
The Hindustan Times;
October 23, 2007 ;
567 words
......Hindustan Times Islamabad, Oct. 23 -- A close friend of Pakistan President General Pervez...positions in the government, including a close friend of the General. Responding to a query...to whether it was not risky to name a close friend of the President as being someone who...
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Close friend of Afghan president killed by terrorists: report
Xinhua News Agency;
April 5, 2003 ;
231 words
...Close friend of Afghan president killed by terrorists: report KABUL, April 5 (Xinhua) -- A close friend of Afghan president Hamid Karzai was killed by unidentified terrorists at a central Afghan village, a local radio reported here on Saturday...
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Close friend of victim was known to family
New Straits Times;
June 27, 2004 ;
Fay Angela D'cruz;
442 words
...Fay Angela D'cruz New Straits Times 06-27-2004 Close friend of victim was known to family Byline: Fay Angela D'cruz...Times; 2* Section: Nation KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - He was a close friend, someone who attended her 21st birthday party, and celebrated...
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Bad: Lin concedes All England title to close friend Chen
AAP Sports News (Australia);
March 14, 2005 ;
243 words
......Australia) 03-14-2005 Bad: Lin concedes All England title to close friend Chen BIRMINGHAM, England, March 14 AFP - World No.1 Lin Dan...championships when he was beaten in the final by Chen Hong, his close friend from the same province of Fujian. China won four of the five...
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Coming to terms with close friend's death
The Malay Mail;
January 3, 2005 ;
Adie Suri Zulkeflli;
167 words
......her jokes." That was how Maisarah Husin would remember her close friend, Norsuzana Sabdin, who died in the tsunami disaster last...trying hard to hold back her tears. Aishah Hamzah, another close friend of Norsuzana, said she would remember the good times they...
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Ex-police chief Sir David set to marry again at 77; EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow's...
Evening Times;
September 26, 2002 ;
Alexander Robertson;
382 words
......Lillian Campbell, 56, the widow of a close friend who died last year. Sir David, who was...church, died in May 2001. Sir David was a close friend and wrote Mr Campbell's obituary for...numerous concerts and conferences. A close friend of the couple said today: "Sir David...
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In Brief: Judas 'was close friend of Jesus'.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
April 7, 2006 ;
62 words
...JUDAS was not a traitor but a close friend of Jesus who was only doing his bidding when he turned him in with a kiss, a newly translated ancient document unveiled by the...
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Suspect in couple's murder `a close friend'
New Straits Times;
June 21, 2007 ;
333 words
...New Straits Times 06-21-2007 Suspect in couple's murder `a close friend' Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section SEREMBAN...young couple in Senawang several days ago. He is said to be a close friend of the couple - Syed Herie Azimi Syed Kassim, 25, and his...
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BRITAIN: 'Welfare attorney' to decide patient's medical treatment; Close...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
March 31, 2007 ;
330 words
...Byline: By JAMES WATSON PEOPLE will now be able to appoint a close friend or family member to make vital decisions on their medical...doctors. The welfare attorney does not have to be a qualified lawyer. It can be anyone, such as a close friend or relative, who people think will best represent ...
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Close Friend Concerned Over Personality Change
Chicago Sun-Times;
April 13, 1995 ;
Jeffrey Zaslow;
543 words
...D ear Zazz: I have a close friend who seems to get uptight over even the smallest incident. I...she'll get angry at me and it could cost me our friendship. CLOSE FRIEND Dear Friend: Gently tell her that you're concerned about her...
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Heatley 'sorry over loss of close friend'
Chicago Sun-Times;
October 15, 2003 ;
327 words
......Dan Snyder, saying he was "very sorry over the loss of my close friend." In his first public comments since he crashed his Ferrari...I am deeply saddened and very sorry over the loss of my close friend and teammate Dan Snyder," Heatley said. "I am deeply moved...
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Eight seniors assaulted close friend, court told
New Straits Times;
June 16, 2004 ;
514 words
......Times 06-16-2004 Eight seniors assaulted close friend, court told Edition: Main/Lifestyle...High Court today that he witnessed his close friend being bashed up by eight Form Five students...kettle." During cross-examination by lawyer Raja Badrulhisham Raja Mohd Ali, who...assaulting the ...
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