The Legal Services committee debated a bill addressing unrepresented parties in court proceedings, with Rep. Espenoza questioning whether the bill unfairly burdens those without legal representation and Rep. Carter arguing the standard it imposes is already applied by judges to unrepresented individuals. The transcript ends mid-discussion with no outcome recorded.
“There is a disparity between an individual with one lawyer versus an individual, another lawyer. I'm not saying the lawyers are not doing their best. I'm not saying they're not excellent lawyers that are not as paid as much. What I'm telling you is sometimes there is a disparity of a lawyer while he is doing everything equitable, he's doing everything that he's supposed to be doing. It does not mean that another lawyer is not better than them.”
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Sign in to subscribeReality is there is a disparity between an individual with one lawyer versus an individual, another lawyer. I'm not saying the lawyers are not doing their best. I'm not saying they're not excellent lawyers that are not as paid as much. What I'm telling you is sometimes there is a disparity of a lawyer while he is doing everything equitable, he's doing everything that he's supposed to be doing. It does not mean that another lawyer is not better than them. And the reality is that's how, sometimes that's how this is working. I never said anyone's acting unethical. May I dialogue, Mr. Chair? You may dialogue, Rep. Espinoza. Rep. Carter in fact, you did say whether two parties were there and one attorney was less capable than the other. That was an issue. So it wasn't the hypothetical of one attorney versus non attorney in your hypothetical. So my question would be, in that circumstance, if there are two attorneys and one fails to properly, properly represent their client, would they be subject to disciplinary conduct for failure to properly represent their client in the best to the best of their ability? We're dialog. You're dialoguing. Vice Chair Carter,…
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