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Definition Poisoning the Field of Contenders - a tactic used by people who wish to prevent a spouse from using a particular lawyer.

Application in Divorce Sometimes in preparation for a nasty divorce, one spouse may wish to prevent his or her spouse from using a particular attorney. To do this, he or she places that attorney in a conflict of interest. This can be done by sharing with the attorney confidential information about the marriage and the impending divorce. A party may do this by consulting with the attorney but not retaining him or her for the divorce. After that, the lawyer is in a conflict of interest. The lawyer knows privileged information about one spouse and he may not represent the other.

Poisoning the field of contenders sometimes happens when a couple are friends with a lawyer, and for whatever reason, one spouse wishes to pay hardball with the other.

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