Good question to ponder.
Seems to me that would still be a conflict?
All I know is, it was made clear at the 2009 SHM, EDIG would hire law firm #2 to handle the DM conflict cases. The statement was not elaborated on.
In 1991, on a contingency basis, I sued State Farm to recover medical expense, car repairs and lost wages for my Wife due to a punk crashing into her.
After an arbitration meeting with both sides, our attorney arranged a meeting with the judge to settle with us. We were going for $100K, and the judge talked us down to $65K, saying that's all it's worth and if you risk trial and lose, court costs are your resposibility....we took the $65K.
Two days later, the judge's mug shot was on the front page of the SD paper. He had accepted a paid country club/golf membership from State Farm, and had been on trips to private deals State Farm put on for big corporate clients. He was kicked off the bench for years of accepting gifts. It was also stated in the article to be a conflict of interest...you tell me....
