Legal ethics and conflicts of interest
Subject in Government
Legal ethics and conflicts of interest has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including In The Dark. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Colleen QuinnRichmond, Virginia family formation attorney representing the intended parents
Quinn argues that everyone is entitled to legal representation regardless of what they are accused of.
“So regardless of what somebody does, they're entitled to representation”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 41:02
Quinn says she has no obligation to investigate her own clients.
“So I don't necessarily have a duty to do an investigation on my own clients, okay?”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 40:38
Quinn argues there was no conflict of interest because she learned nothing from King that could significantly harm her.
“there was nothing in any of our communications that would be significantly harmful to her”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 37:06
Colleen Quinn says Stacey King was never retained and was only a prospective client.
“I was not retained. We did not have a retainer agreement or anything like that”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 36:16
Stacey KingVirginia bookkeeper who served as a gestational surrogate for Sylvia and Guojun
Stacey King says she was elated when she believed Colleen Quinn would help her, before feeling betrayed.
“I was ecstatic, honestly, because I thought I had found someone who was actually willing and going to help us”
In The Dark: The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 7:23
Podcasts
- In The Dark · 1 episode
Episodes
The Journey, Episode 4: The CourtsIn The Dark · Oct 6, 2026 · 56 min
Reporter Ava Kaufman follows two Virginia surrogates who defied their contracts with an investigated Los Angeles couple, revisiting Baby M and attending a Farmville custody hearing.