The ABA opinion was a very well received breath of fresh air in
Colorado. However, because of the Colorado ethics opinion, and the
facts that we neither want to show disrespect for the ethics committee
here (keeping in mind that although their opinions are advisory only,
they have been with only one or two notable exceptions, followed by the
supreme court here in disciplinary matters) nor do we want to create
anxiety for our members, the state collaborative group will still be
strongly recommending that we remain with the two party agreement only.
After our state rules change in January, we will likely revisit the
situation, but for now we will still be using the two party agreements
only.
Ann Gushurst
Co-chair Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals
From: CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Douglas J. Sanderson
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:41 AM
To: CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [CollabLaw] ABA Ethics Opinion
Well that's a breath of fresh air and common sense reasoning in the
new ABA opinion! Note, too, that the opinion refers repeatedly to a
"four-way agreement" -- presumably, a SINGLE agreement with both
clients and both attorneys signing. So do we go back to that?
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Douglas J. Sanderson
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