Re: Conflict of interest

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On 7/28/04, Charles wrote:
> about a year ago I went into a partnership with a friend to
> buy a bar/restaurant. We are now no longer speaking and I
> wish to sell the business now, but he refuses and does not
> have the money to buy my share. When we were going through
> the deal to buy the business, we had an attorney who
> represented us both. I found out yesterday that my partner
> is getting advice from that attorney regarding stopping
> putting it up for sale. is this considered conflict of
> interest and if so, what can I do?

yes - obvious conflict if you are now adversarial to partner,
lawyer can't probably rep either. try calling kba ethics
hotline (might need to pretense you are an attorney), send
certified letter to attorney he needs to withdraw from
relationship with either of you best of luck.