“It is also problematic, he added, if the person or entity paying the fee has their own vested interest in how the client’s case turns out.”
“The obvious example is organized crime, where the crime boss tells the lieutenant that, ‘Joe, here, is going to be your lawyer,’” Mr. Gillers said. “The lawyer’s loyalty, of course, is to the boss, not the lieutenant.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/trump-jan-6-lawyers-witness-pressure.html
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