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Matter of Breen Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: An attorney engaged in multiple business transactions with clients, creating severe conflicts of interest. The court found numerous ethical violations, emphasizing that an attorney’s high fiduciary duty persists even in business dealings, and suspended the attorney for two years.
Legal Significance: Establishes that an attorney’s fiduciary duties and ethical obligations apply in business transactions with clients, even when not providing legal advice. Full disclosure in such transactions requires advising the client to seek independent counsel and explaining all risks.
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
Attorney Dennis Breen engaged in a series of business transactions with a married couple he represented, leading to multiple ethical violations. First, Breen formed a corporation, Hubbell, for the clients, and became a shareholder and officer himself without fully disclosing the potential conflicts. He then arranged a $75,000 loan from Hubbell to another of his clients, C & T Air Conditioning, without disclosing his dual representation. Breen misrepresented to the Hubbell clients that the loan’s security was a second-position deed of trust when it was actually in a third position. Later, after the clients terminated his representation, Breen represented a borrower, Macy, in a bankruptcy filing for the express purpose of preventing his former clients from foreclosing on a property that secured a loan from Hubbell. Finally, acting as an investment broker, Breen urged the clients to invest in high-risk oil ventures from which he received a commission. Breen failed to conduct basic due diligence on these ventures, such as obtaining competitive bids or investigating the managers’ lack of experience.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: Does an attorney violate their ethical duties when entering into business transactions with a client, representing clients with adverse interests, and subsequently representing a new client against a former client in a substantially related matter, all without making full disclosure and obtaining informed consent?
Yes. The attorney’s conduct constituted multiple violations of his ethical duties. The Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
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Legal Issue
Does an attorney violate their ethical duties when entering into business transactions with a client, representing clients with adverse interests, and subsequently representing a new client against a former client in a substantially related matter, all without making full disclosure and obtaining informed consent?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
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- Attorney suspended for two years for engaging in multiple business transactions
