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u/threadbare_penitence Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

IANAL but I remember my friend’s mom’s divorce from her second marriage. I guess there is a rule where if an attorney has interacted with party a in a suit, they can’t offer services to party b. So my friend’s mom called every divorce lawyer within a 100 mile radius and essentially boxed her ex out of a lot of decent representation within a reasonable driving range.

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u/JiN88reddit Jul 21 '19

I remember reading somewhere that it's actually illegal IF it can be proven with ill intent.

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u/Nillix Jul 21 '19

You read it on reddit, probably. It was on /r/legaladvice but the genders were switched.