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GODLOVE v. BAMBERGER, FOREMAN, OSWALD, AND HAHN

No. 89-2722.

903 F.2d 1145 (1990)

Joan GODLOVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BAMBERGER, FOREMAN, OSWALD, AND HAHN, a general partnership, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan Godlove, Tulsa, Okl. and Robert S. Abdalian, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

D. Reed Scism and Kenneth J. Yerkes, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

There is an old adage that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client."1 So it is in this case even though plaintiff, Joan Godlove, is a summa cum laude graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, and a member of the bar. This lawyer should have declined to represent this client.

Plaintiff was hired as an attorney by the defendant law firm, Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn...

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