"If an attorney represents the City in an eminant domain proceeding
against homeowner, and the attorney also represented the developer, it
appears to me the City and developer have the same interest (they both
want the homeowner out), and he is not suing a prior client. Wby does
anyone think there is a "conflict" of "interests" here?"
To whom does the attorney owe his first allegiance, the developer who
stands to make big bucks or the city which has embarked on a scheme,
likely promoted by the developer and lawyer having an obvious agenda?
At the municipal level, the conflict is greatest because governments
are elected by plurality, hence the will of the people remains unknown
and the elected are more vulnerable to the influence of "their"
conflicted lawyer and his primary master.
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