It’s a nightmare scenario for a white-collar defense lawyer. A client, swept into the headlines and facing the prospect of personal and financial and reputational ruin, takes his or her own life.
They may be rare, but suicides do occur among white-collar defendants. And a real or threatened suicide can present a host of ethical and practical dilemmas for the lawyers on the case.
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