Why A Law Firm Partner Can Be Expelled For Following The Ethics Rules
David Grenardo
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Why A Law Firm Partner Can Be Expelled For Following The Ethics Rules

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In Bohatch v. Butler & Binion, the Texas Supreme Court held that a law firm partner needed to follow her ethical duty to report her partner's alleged overbilling, but the law firm could properly expel the reporting partner for doing so because, among other things, the trust and confidence needed for a partnership trumped any purported policy protecting a law firm whistleblower. And once she reported her fellow partner, that attorney lost the trust of the partnership. This Catch-22 troubles many because a partner can either follow the ethical rules and report a fellow partner, but potentially l...