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IN THE FACE OF AN ALLEGATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SUPREME COURT PROPERLY ORDERED DEFENSE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE STATEMENTS FROM THE JOINTLY REPRESENTED DEFENDANTS CONSENTING TO THE REPRESENTATION.

The Third Department determined Supreme Court properly required defense counsel, who represented several defendants, to submit statements demonstrating the clients’ consent to joint representation (to address potential conflicts of interest):

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With respect to defense counsel’s potential conflict of interest, we first note that defendants failed to preserve any objection that plaintiff lacked standing to raise the issue or failed to file her cross motion in a timely manner. Nor did Supreme Court err in ordering defense counsel to obtain the written statements. “[A] lawyer shall not represent a client if a reasonable lawyer would conclude that . . . the representation will involve the lawyer in representing differing interests” … . Notwithstanding such a conflict, a lawyer may still represent a client if “(1) the lawyer reasonably believes that the lawyer will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to each affected client; (2) the representation is not prohibited by law; (3) the representation does not involve the assertion of a claim by one client against another client represented by the lawyer in the same litigation or other proceeding before a tribunal; and (4) each affected client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing” … . All Supreme Court’s order effectively does is assure compliance with this rule … . Considering the differing roles of each defendant, we conclude that Supreme Court prudently directed defense counsel to provide the client statements. Bynum v Camp Bisco, LLC, 2017 NY Slip Op 05143, 3rd Dept 6-22-17

ATTORNEYS (CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IN THE FACE OF AN ALLEGATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SUPREME COURT PROPERLY ASKED DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATEMENTS FROM THE JOINTLY REPRESENTED DEFENDANTS CONSENTING TO THE REPRESENTATION)/CONFLICT OF INTEREST (ATTORNEYS, IN THE FACE OF AN ALLEGATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SUPREME COURT PROPERLY ASKED DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATEMENTS FROM THE JOINTLY REPRESENTED DEFENDANTS CONSENTING TO THE REPRESENTATION)

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