Washington Times Case

Recent revelations by the Washington Times have given rise to conflict of interest concerns with respect to some of the attorneys involved with the review process for emails stored on Hillary Clinton's private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. Sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that, at least a few, of the attorneys involved in the review process have ties to Mrs. Clinton's personal attorney's firm. Mrs. Clinton's personal attorney, Mr. Kendall, is a senior partner at the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Sources for the Washington Times revealed that one of the State Department's attorneys, involved with the email review process, Catherine Duval, previously worked at Williams & Connolly. Furthermore, Ms. Duval left Williams & Connolly to work for the Obama administration. She initially worked on the IRS targeting scandal before transferring to the State Department last year. State Department officials were quick to claim that mere employment with a firm, involved with the target of an investigation, does not, per se, disqualify them from looking into the matter. Nevertheless, this development runs dangerously close to violating …show more content…
A concurrent conflict of interest exists if: (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or, (2) there is a significant risk that the representation of one or more clients will be materially limited by the lawyer's responsibilities to another client, a former client or a third person or by a personal interest of the