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Take The Money Or Run: The Risky Business Of Acting As Both Your Client's Lawyer And Bail Bondsman, Dayla S. Pepi
Take The Money Or Run: The Risky Business Of Acting As Both Your Client's Lawyer And Bail Bondsman, Dayla S. Pepi
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The American Bar Association strongly discourages lawyers from being bondsmen due to the conflicts that can arise when a criminal defense attorney acts as their client's bail bondsman. These same ethical dilemmas can also be encountered in posting a bond for a client in civil matters such as probate, family law, and appeals. In Texas, lawyers are exempt from the requirements of licensure as a bondsmen, including the requirement to maintain a particular level of security to underwrite the bonds. Nonetheless, lawyers are still required to conform to the requirements regulating the practice of bondsmen.
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