Professional Liability

Ethics Quick Tip: Threatening a Tactic Can Lead to Suspension

Ethics Quick Tip: Threatening a Tactic Can Lead to Suspension

Craig A. Alexander

Orignally published in the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association e-newsletter, Briefcase on March 27, 2019. 

Ethics Quick Tip: Upset about your opponent’s trial tactic? Threatening a bar complaint if the tactic is not abandoned can lead to suspension. Read more.

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