If clients did not feel free to speak candidly, their lawyers could not represent them effectively.
That prompted his lawyer to quit, saying he could not represent a fugitive from justice.
Before the recent international break Pellegrini was clear that Kompany could not represent Belgium in their two Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Levy said another lawyer, who could not represent Walsh because his firm had done work for the Patriots, referred Walsh to him.
Judge M. L. Tahiliyani said the lawyer, Anjali Waghmare, could not represent him because she was also representing a witness to the attacks in a separate civil proceeding.
The Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, said Cameron's advocacy had become toxic and Friday's events showed he could not represent Britain's interests in Europe.
It is unclear whether Fleisher will get the equivalent of an agent's career death penalty: decertification, meaning he could not represent any N.B.A. players in contract negotiations.
It would mean that a lawyer could not represent an underwriter, for example, or a company submitting even routine filings to the S.E.C., he said.
When the trial was moved from Johannesburg to Pretoria, Mandela's lawyer, Joe Slovo, could not represent him, as the government prevented Slovo from travelling.
Richard Emery, a lawyer for McNamee, said Monday that Hardin could not represent Clemens because he represented Andy Pettitte for several days before the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs was released on Dec. 13.
Given the concern at the club that the captain should be allowed the best chance of a careful recovery, City's manager, Manuel Pellegrini, had insisted Kompany could not represent Belgium during the international break.
