Ethics and the governmental environmental attorney Brent Foster, Special Counsel to the Oregon Attorney General

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Ethics and the governmental environmental attorney Brent Foster, Special Counsel to the Oregon Attorney General

“Legal” ethics compared to “Environmental” ethics

Ethical issues facing governmental environmental attorneys: 1. Duty to the law; 2. Duty to client agencies/officials; 3. And who is your client?

Oregon Rule of Professional Conduct RULE 3.1 MERITORIOUS CLAIMS AND CONTENTIONS In representing a client or the lawyer’s own interests, a lawyer shall not knowingly bring or defend a proceeding, assert a position therein, delay a trial or take other action on behalf of a client, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous…

Oregon Rule of Professional Conduct RULE 3.3 CANDOR TOWARD THE TRIBUNAL (a) A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer;

Authority to advise client of the social and environmental implications of a given action ORPC RULE 2.1 ADVISOR In representing a client, a lawyer shall exercise independent professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a lawyer may refer not only to law but to other considerations such as moral, economic, social and political factors, that may be relevant to the client's situation.

TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENTS RULE 4.1 TRUTHFULNESS IN STATEMENTS TO OTHERS In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly: (a) make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person;

Duty to government agency clients RULE 1.2 SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION AND ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN CLIENT AND LAWYER (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), a lawyer shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by Rule 1.4, shall consult with the client as to the means by which they are to be pursued.

RULE 1.2 SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION AND ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN CLIENT AND LAWYER (c) A lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is illegal or fraudulent, but a lawyer may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct with a client and may counsel or assist a client to make a good faith effort to determine the validity, scope, meaning or application of the law.

Government attorneys and the “public interest”