[muawiyah]

"calling lawyer as witness" is a big topic on the net. Two things ~ it's done all the time (name an opposing counsel as a witness) but less than in the past due to a change in the ethical guidelines regarding effects on all the other lawyers in a lawfirm.

Plus, there's an ethical standard that says calling an opposing lawyer as a witness solely to hobble the defense is unethical.

What I said!

I hope you weren't under the impression that a lawyer, or his buddies, has to drop a client simply because some other lawyer named one of them as a witness.

Besides, the lawyer who is named as a witness can continue to work on case development and investigation.

The judge is trying to get out of handling this one.

[count-your-change]

I hope you're not under the impression that an attorney can offer testimony as a witness against his own client.

“The judge is trying to get out of handling this one”.

If she was there surely are easier ways but it appears that the judge is the kernel of your objections.

and now I'm off for the night.