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Professional Ethics - Dallas Mayor

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:16 pm
by jjjetplane
I notice that the mayor of Dallas is simultaneously a partner in the public finance practice of Locke Lord.

https://www.lockelord.com/professionals ... son-eric-l

Can someone explain to me how this is ethically kosher? Not sure of the specific nuances of Texas’s legal ethics rules, but this seems to run afoul of a number of model conflicts-related rules (plus the usual rules around holding a separate job while employed by a law firm).