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MENTOR LAGOONS, INC. v. RUBIN

No. 86-1849.

31 Ohio St. 3d 256 (1987)

MENTOR LAGOONS, INC., APPELLEE, v. RUBIN ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C. Nozik, for appellee.

Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz and Joshua R. Cohen, for appellants.

WRIGHT, J.

As a general rule, it is inappropriate for an attorney to testify on behalf of a client as in so doing he may breach ethical requirements. DR 5-102(A) provides that "[i]f, after undertaking employment in contemplated or pending litigation, a lawyer learns or it is obvious that he or a lawyer in his firm ought to be called as a witness on behalf of his client, he shall withdraw from the conduct of the trial and his firm, if any, shall not continue representation...

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