Legal Question in Family Law in Oklahoma

Ethical

Is it unethical for a client to purchase real estate property from his attorney?


Asked on 11/23/08, 10:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Wayne Allison Allison Legal, LLC

Re: Ethical

Not necessarily. Lawyers can be business-people too, and you don't have to do real estate business with him/her. The ethics question involves a matter of disclosure. The attorney can't take advantage of his special relationship with the client, but if he/she is disclosing everything in the transaction, that's not inherently unethical at all.

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Answered on 11/24/08, 9:26 am


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