United States Seventh Circuit

In a collateral attack on a conviction alleging that the defendant's appellate attorney furnished ineffective assistance of counsel by not calling a witness whom the attorney had represented in another matter, judgment against defendant is affirmed where, under the Wisconsin ethical rules, lawyers must maintain a former client's confidences but do not have a duty to protect a former client's current legal interests, thus there was no conflict of interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/18/2009
• Published 02/18/2009

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven J. Winger, argued, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katherine L. Tripp, Katherine D. Lloyd, argued, Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.