Standards Committee Role Disclosure Invoked By Attorney X
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#Standards_Committee_Role_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Attorney_X
Properties
Instance of
StandardsCommitteeRoleDisclosureinExpertWitnessEngagements
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StandardsCommitteeRoleDisclosureinExpertWitnessEngagements
Applied to
Assessment of potential conflict or appearance of impropriety in expert witness selection
Defense expert witness retention decision
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Attorney X, as the retaining counsel, must receive full disclosure from Engineer A of the committee supervisory relationship with opposing expert Engineer B in order to make an informed decision about whether to proceed with Engineer A as the defense expert witness
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The principle operates not only on Engineer A's disclosure obligation but also on Attorney X's right to receive that disclosure — Attorney X cannot make an informed retention decision without knowing that the defense expert chairs the committee on which the opposing expert serves
Invoked by
Attorney X Defense Counsel Retaining Forensic Expert
Tension resolution
Attorney X's receipt of full disclosure enables an informed decision about whether to proceed with Engineer A, seek a different expert, or take other steps to manage the professional relationship between the two experts
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness
Text references
Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs
Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness on behalf of a boiler manufacturer in connection with a personal injury case involving a pressure vessel explosion
TTL
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case129:Standards_Committee_Role_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Attorney_X a proeth:StandardsCommitteeRoleDisclosureinExpertWitnessEngagements,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Standards Committee Role Disclosure Invoked By Attorney X" ;
proeth:appliedto "Assessment of potential conflict or appearance of impropriety in expert witness selection",
"Defense expert witness retention decision" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Attorney X, as the retaining counsel, must receive full disclosure from Engineer A of the committee supervisory relationship with opposing expert Engineer B in order to make an informed decision about whether to proceed with Engineer A as the defense expert witness" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The principle operates not only on Engineer A's disclosure obligation but also on Attorney X's right to receive that disclosure — Attorney X cannot make an informed retention decision without knowing that the defense expert chairs the committee on which the opposing expert serves" ;
proeth:invokedby "Attorney X Defense Counsel Retaining Forensic Expert" ;
proeth:principleclass "Standards Committee Role Disclosure in Expert Witness Engagements" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Attorney X's receipt of full disclosure enables an informed decision about whether to proceed with Engineer A, seek a different expert, or take other steps to manage the professional relationship between the two experts" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs",
"Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness on behalf of a boiler manufacturer in connection with a personal injury case involving a pressure vessel explosion" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.975718"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
129
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00
First case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00
Attributed to
Case 129 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:54:29.975718
Generated by
ProEthica Case 129 Extraction