Friday, March 28, 2003

The new ethics

Rule 8.4 of Virginia's Rules for Professional Conduct defining professional misconduct has been amended, as shown here.

The old rule said:

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
. . .
(c) engage in professional conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation . . . .

as shown here.

The new rule says:

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
. . .
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation which reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice law. . . .

So, I guess this implies that there are some kinds of "dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" which do NOT reflect adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice law?

No comments: