Seeing the Forest and the Trees: The Proper Role of the Bankruptcy Attorney

Rapoport, Nancy

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Seeing the Forest and the Trees: The Proper Role of the Bankruptcy Attorney

Nancy B. Rapoport

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 70, 1995
U of Houston Law Center Series

Abstract:
This article discusses the tension between the lawyer's duty to her client and her duty to the legal system as an officer of the court. It concludes that, in a situation in which those two duties conflict, the lawyer's duty to the system as a whole should trump the duty to the client.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 62

Keywords: lawyer, attorney, ethics, professional responsibility, fiduciary, officer of the court

JEL Classification: K00, K40

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Date posted: October 18, 2006

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Rapoport, Nancy B., Seeing the Forest and the Trees: The Proper Role of the Bankruptcy Attorney. Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 70, 1995; U of Houston Law Center Series. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=938527

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