37 CFR 11.307 — Practitioner as witness

37 CFR 11.307 — Practitioner as witness.

(1) The testimony relates to an uncontested issue;

(2) The testimony relates to the nature and value of legal services rendered in the case; or

(3) Disqualification of the practitioner would work substantial hardship on the client.

(b) A practitioner may act as advocate in a proceeding before a tribunal in which another practitioner in the practitioner’s firm is likely to be called as a witness unless precluded from doing so by §§ 11.107 or 11.109 .

[Added 78 FR 20180, Apr. 3, 2013, effective May 3, 2013]

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