[count-your-change]

No, I said attempt, and the defence has already accused the prosecution of sending the letter but getting to the bottom of the question is what the investigation is for, No?

[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.