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Lawyer as Expert Does Not Create Attorney-Client Relationship

The Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar recently ruled that an attorney-client relationship is not created when a lawyer testifies on a party's behalf as an expert witness. The Committee equated the role of an attorney as an expert to that of a non-attorney expert. The Committee noted, however, that an attorney-client relationship can be created if the client reasonably believes that such a relationship exists and the attorney/expert fails to dispel such expectations.

Robert Ambrogi has written a excellent article on the ruling on FindLaw.



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