Now that Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters is at the law firm of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley...
I swear I can’t help but think of that Tom Cruise movie, THE FIRM. If you haven’t seen that movie or haven’t seen it in a while go rent it. If memory serves me correctly, Tom’s character was the good guy who went to work for the bad guys. In the case of Deters, it’s the bad guy, going to work for the bad guys (In fairness, I had never heard of Chesley’s
Law office--although I was aware that Chesley was an attorney. I just assumed he was a one man show).
Chinese Wall Lawyers AKA Screens. Is that what Deters and Chesley have become? Or what they need to put up? I’ve been searching around the internet to get a clear understanding of exactly what that term means. As I haven’t found a satisfactory definition, I’m going to mosey on over to the law library to do some research and to chat with my friend. My lawyer friend.
So far what I’ve found about Chinese Wall Lawyers or Screens--
“A Chinese wall refers to procedures taken by a firm to prevent information obtained while representing a client from being disclosed to employees in the same firm who represent other clients that may profit from the information. For example, procedures may be enforced within a law firm that separate the firm's departments to restrict access to non-public, material information, in order to avoid the illegal use of inside information.”
Question: Why in the hell would the Firm hire Deters, given his reputation as a Pay-to-Play dishonest politician? Why?
