Attorney X Defense Attorney Retaining Forensic Expert
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Attorney_X_Defense_Attorney_Retaining_Forensic_Expert
Definition
Attorney X is the defense-side attorney who retained Engineer A knowing (or having reason to know) that Engineer A had previously been engaged by the opposing plaintiff's attorney in the same proceeding. The Board found that the real reason for retaining Engineer A was the expectation of a favorable report, making this engagement ethically impermissible.
Properties
Instance of
DefenseAttorneyClientRetainingForensicExpert
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DefenseAttorneyClientRetainingForensicExpert
Attributes
| party_represented | Defendant |
| proceeding | Same legal proceeding as prior engagement |
| motivation | Expected favorable report from Engineer A based on termination circumstances |
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | adverse_party |
| target | Attorney Z Plaintiff-Side Forensic Retaining Attorney |
| type | retained_engineer |
| target | Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
the real reason for the defendant's attorney's hiring Engineering A was that he believed Engineer A would provide a report that would be favorable
Text references
His transgressions were a result of his subsequent involvement with Attorney X
the real reason for the defendant's attorney's hiring Engineering A was that he believed Engineer A would provide a report that would be favorable
TTL
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case172:Attorney_X_Defense_Attorney_Retaining_Forensic_Expert a proeth:DefenseAttorneyClientRetainingForensicExpert,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Attorney X Defense Attorney Retaining Forensic Expert" ;
proeth:attributes "{'party_represented': 'Defendant', 'proceeding': 'Same legal proceeding as prior engagement', 'motivation': 'Expected favorable report from Engineer A based on termination circumstances'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Attorney X is the defense-side attorney who retained Engineer A knowing (or having reason to know) that Engineer A had previously been engaged by the opposing plaintiff's attorney in the same proceeding. The Board found that the real reason for retaining Engineer A was the expectation of a favorable report, making this engagement ethically impermissible." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:07:49.365202+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:07:49.365202+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'adverse_party', 'target': 'Attorney Z Plaintiff-Side Forensic Retaining Attorney'}",
"{'type': 'retained_engineer', 'target': 'Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Defense Attorney Client Retaining Forensic Expert" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the real reason for the defendant's attorney's hiring Engineering A was that he believed Engineer A would provide a report that would be favorable" ;
proeth:textreferences "His transgressions were a result of his subsequent involvement with Attorney X",
"the real reason for the defendant's attorney's hiring Engineering A was that he believed Engineer A would provide a report that would be favorable" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.761362"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:07:49.365202+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:07:49.365202+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.761362
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction