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POTTER v. PEIRCE

No. 340, 1996.

688 A.2d 894 (1997)

Stephen B. POTTER and Potter, Crosse and Leonard, P.A., Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Robert N. PEIRCE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. Carmine (argued), and H. Garrett Baker, Potter Crosse & Leonard, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellants.

Thomas C. Crumplar (argued), and Robert Jacobs, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellee.

Matthew F. Boyer and David C. Glebe, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, amicus curiae.

Before VEASEY, C.J., and HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ.

HARTNETT, Justice.

We consider a question of law certified to this Court by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.1 The dispositive issue presented is whether the public policy of this state permits a Delaware lawyer to violate Rule 1.5(e) of Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct (Lawyers' Rules of Conduct) and then to use those Rules as a shield to avoid a contractual...

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