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?
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.