The Ethics of Representing Families When Creating Family Entities
(Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law) has published her article entitled Ethical Challenges in Representing Families in Family Limited Partnerships, 35 Am. C. of Trust & Estate Counsel J. 2 (Summer 2009). The editor’s synopsis of the article is below:
This article discusses the complicated lawyer-client representation issues raised when a family entity (such as a limited partnership or LLC) is created. The article also addressed the issue, and material risks, associated with the multiple representation of the entity, the general partner(s) and the limited partner(s)-including when such multiple representation might not be expected or intended (at least by the lawyer). Depending on state law, and the entity involved, some attorneys may be surprised to learn that the creation of the entity might force them in the future to withdraw from representing everyone in the family.