LEO on testimony by debt-collecting lawyer questioned 
By Peter Vieth
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Legal Ethics Opinion, Virginia State Bar
Collections lawyers are raising concerns about a proposed Legal Ethics Opinion discouraging the common practice of lawyers testifying under oath about debts owed to their clients. A Virginia State Bar committee is seeking public comment on the proposed advisory LEO 1849. Comments are due March 1. The two-part hypothetical underlying the proposed opinion involves a [...]


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