re: #173 SFGoth

First, Scott Harshbarger was the legal ethics lecturer in my civil clinic class at Boston University while he was state A.G. (That’s quite permissible; he only lectured once a week or so.) I got one of the two A+’s in the class, and that was after my answer to the question, what do you do if you’re representing (as a student, students handled real cases with faculty supervision) a guy making an employment commission claim and on the way in to the hearing, he tells you that he made everything up. “Mr. SFGoth?” “I’d tell my advisor, see ya later, I’m outta here. No way I’m going to donate my pro bono time to a liar trying to cheat the system.” (Not an exact quote, but close enough.) That was apparently not the right answer, but I sure got brownie points for guts and sincerity.

Second, does Maryland have a SLAPP statute? I’d sure love to see them prove up their damages.

What did Mr. Harsbarger think of your reply?
I know my wife, a criminal defense attorney, has said she is ethically forbidden to help her clients lie.