County counsel may not also serve as mayor in a Faulkner Act-governed town in the same county because to do so creates a per se conflict, a state Supreme Court committee has found.
“There is a substantial risk that the attorney’s responsibilities to the municipality would limit the attorney’s ability to provide independent advice or diligent and competent representation to the county,” said the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics in Opinion 722, released June 24.
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