BRODERICK'S CASE

No. 5048.

104 N.H. 175 (1962)

BRODERICK'S CASE.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided June 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Maynard, Attorney General and Elmer T. Bourque, Deputy Attorney General (Mr. Maynard orally), pro se.

Stanley M. Burns (orally), for the defendant.

Joseph A. Millimet, President-elect of the Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire (orally), pro se, as amicus curiae.


KENISON, C. J.

An attorney has a duty to protect the interests of a client but the legal and ethical methods of performing this duty are solely the responsibility of the attorney. The attorney cannot escape this responsibility with the excuse that he is only following the instructions of his client or that it was the client who sought advice on how to accomplish a questionable transaction. The requirement that an attorney...

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