State Police troopers will not be able to privately practice law, a federal judge has decided. The decision, filed today, dismisses a lawsuit filed by two trooper unions last year. "If the troopers were to prevail on this argument, state agencies would be precluded from holding their public employees, specifically attorneys, to a higher ethical standard than those imposed on private attorneys," U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson wrote in her decision. Two trooper unions -and 21 troopers working as lawyers -had argued the state was preventing troopers from pursuing another profession. Read full Statehouse Bureau article here.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
State Troopers Banned From Practicing Law
State Police troopers will not be able to privately practice law, a federal judge has decided. The decision, filed today, dismisses a lawsuit filed by two trooper unions last year. "If the troopers were to prevail on this argument, state agencies would be precluded from holding their public employees, specifically attorneys, to a higher ethical standard than those imposed on private attorneys," U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson wrote in her decision. Two trooper unions -and 21 troopers working as lawyers -had argued the state was preventing troopers from pursuing another profession. Read full Statehouse Bureau article here.
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