Simultaneous Representation of Husband and Wife in Adverse Matters Gets Attorney Suspended
Shena Dixon Mason simultaneously represented the couple in matters adverse to one another where there was a significant risk that Mason’s representation of each was materially limited by her responsibilities to the other. On behalf of the wife, Mason proceeded with obtaining divorce by publication and sought divorce by default when Mason knew the husband would be adversely affected, while representing him in a separate matter, according to the disposition filing.