What is the current state of the law on representing counsel in a civil case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Davidson v. Sullivan, Case No.: 17cv0421 H (MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2018):

There is a "strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within a wide range of reasonable professional assistance." Id. at 686-87. "Surmounting Strickland's high bar is never an easy task." Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 371 (2010). "Representation is constitutionally ineffective only if it 'so undermined the proper functioning of the adversarial process' that the defendant was denied a fair trial." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687.

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