The plot of an accident involving actor Mikhail Efremov in the center of Moscow
The Council of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Lawyers issued a warning to Andrey Aleshkin, a former lawyer of the actor Mikhail Efremov, who was convicted of a fatal accident. The status of a lawyer was not deprived of him, TASS reports.
Aleshkin became the third lawyer in the case of Yefremov, against whom disciplinary proceedings were initiated. The other two lawyers-Elman Pashayev, who initially defended the actor, and Alexander Dobrovinsky, who acted on the part of the victims-lost this status.
Yefremov filed complaints to the St. Petersburg department of the Ministry of Justice and the Chamber of Advocates, accusing Andrey Aleshkin of self-promotion and violation of agreements on the prohibition of comments to media representatives.
The artist believes that the lawyer’s statements harmed his reputation and acted against his interests. Mikhail Efremov also said that the contract with Aleshkin was concluded fraudulently, so he withdraws his signature and asks to consider the document invalid.
At the end of March, the qualification commission found violations of ethics and the law on advocacy in Aleshkin’s actions. The chamber asked to deprive him of his legal status for two years.
Andrey Aleshkin himself said that all comments to journalists were agreed with the actor, and the right to communicate with them was specified in the agreement.