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		afavour on Nov 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted I imagine it’s mutually beneficial to keep quiet. Lawyers don’t want to be known as “the company that keeps firing clients”, clients don’t want it known how many lawyers have fired them.

kosievdmerwe on Nov 3, 2023 [–]

And even if you fire a client, you still have a duty towards them in regards to not tanking their defense.

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