AGO 000005159.

• Case Date: May 29, 1984
• Court: Mississippi

Mississippi Attorney General Opinions 1984. AGO 000005159. May 29, 1984DOCN 000005159 DOCK 1984-531 AUTH Edwin Lloyd Pittman DATE 19840529 RQNM Ken Harper SUBJ Conflict of Interest SBCD 53 B TEXT Senator Ken Harper Mississippi State Senate Post Office Box 1186 Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Dear Senator Harper: I am in receipt of your letter regarding a possible conflict of interest as a result of your representation of defendants in criminal matters. Your letter states: "Pursuant to our recent conversation during the past legislative session, I am seeking a statement from you regarding whether or not there is any conflict in members of the law firm of which I am now practicing representing Defendants in criminal matters in Warren County, Mississippi. As I stated to you during our conversation, I began on April 1, 1984, practicing law with Gerald Hosemann who prior to that time had been associated with Frank G. Vollor, who is presently the Warren County Prosecuting Attorney. Even though Mr. Hosemann and I are maintaining our office in the same office building with Mr. Vollor and sharing the rental expense for the building, we are not associated with him financially in any other manner and we are practicing as Harper & Hosemann, maintaining a separate post office address, and separate phone numbers from Mr. Vollor, who is practicing as a solo practitioner. We are not connected publicly or privately in any other manner other than sharing rental of the building in which our offices are located. I do not believe that there is any reason why Mr. Hosemann and I should not be able to practice...