On March 3, 2022, Professor Theo Liebmann was quoted in The American Lawyer article “White & Case Lawyer Represents Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Amid Ukraine Invasion.”
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Hofstra Law School ethics professor Theo Liebmann said there is no rule of professional responsibility that is violated by representing sanctioned oligarchs.
“However, law firms might want to do some soul-searching and ask whether they want to be representing individuals whom the U.S, as a way of fighting back against an unprovoked invasion, is sanctioning. That question is a broader moral one, not a legal rule-based ethical one,” said Liebmann, who is also executive director of the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics. “The legal rule-based question is, if they decide to cease representing those clients, how to withdraw in a manner that complies with the ethical rules that govern lawyers.”
Read the full article on The American Lawyer website.
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