Opinion ID: 1871835
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Count III: SCR 20:3.4(b)

Text: ¶ 50. In Count III, the OLR charges that the same evidence supporting Count I also supports a violation of SCR 20:3.4(b), which provides that a lawyer shall not falsify evidence, counsel, or assist a witness to testify falsely . . . . The referee concludes the OLR met its burden of proof as to Count III when it demonstrated Attorney Alia elicited his expert appraiser's testimony to identify exhibit 21 as his own report, when in fact Attorney Alia knew it did not represent an accurate copy. We conclude that the record permitted the referee to conclude that Attorney Alia changed the expert witness's appraisal without his knowledge or permission and then permitted the appraiser to testify falsely to the effect that exhibit 21 represented an accurate copy of his report, contrary to SCR 20:3.4(b).