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ATTORNEYS

Advertisements, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2, Prof Cond 7.3

Agreements by

Literary or media rights to client case information, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Malpractice liability, limiting, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Noncompetition, sale of law practice, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.17

Restrictions on right to practice law, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.6

Appointed counsel, acceptance or refusal of appointment, Court Rules Prof Cond 6.2

Assistants, nonattorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.3, Prof Cond 5.4

Attorney-client privilege

Generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.6

Bookkeeping, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Clients

Advice to, Court Rules Prof Cond 2.1

Allocation of authority to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.2

Appointment to represent, Court Rules Prof Cond 6.2

Child clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.14

Client information

Former clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.9

Use to client's disadvantage, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Client's funds, safekeeping, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Clients of other lawyers, communication with, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.2

Clients with disabilities, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.14

Communications concerning lawyer's services, false or misleading statements, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.1

Confidentiality

Law firms, lawyers working in, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Requirements, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.6

Discharge by, generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.16

Documents, returning to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.16

Financial assistance to clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Former clients, interests adverse to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.9

Generating client leads, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Interests, law reform activities affecting, Court Rules Prof Cond 6.4

Loans to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Notice received, sale of law practice, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.17

Organizations, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.13

Payments to, client funds, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Prospective clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.18

Referral to other attorney, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Relatives who are lawyers, representation of clients with adverse interest, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Representation

Communication with client, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.4, Prof Cond 1.5

Competence, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.1

Criminal conduct by client, knowing assistance, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.2

Diligence, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.3

Objectives, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.2

Scope, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.2, Prof Cond 1.5

Termination, grounds, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.16

Withdrawal, grounds, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.16

Rules of Professional Conduct, application, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.7

Sexual relations with, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Soliciting, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.3

Confidential information

Candor toward court, application of rules, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Sale of law practice, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.17

Violation of rules of professional conduct, exception, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.3

When permitted, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.6

Conflicts of interest

Disciplinary action, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.5

Disclosures to detect and resolve, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.6

General rule, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.7

Imputation, firms, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Pro bono services, limited, short term, Court Rules Prof Cond 6.5

Prohibited transactions, generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Prospective clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.18

Consent

Communication of client with another lawyer, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.2

Reporting and production requirements, lawyer trust accounts, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Consultation with

Prospective clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.18

Courts

Candor toward, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Communication with judges, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.5

Deceased attorneys, practice, purchases, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Disabled attorneys

Practice, purchases, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Disappeared attorneys, practice, purchases, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Disbarred attorneys, employment by other attorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.8

Discipline

Advertisements, failure to comply with rules, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Authority for, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.5

Disciplinary action, jurisdiction for, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.5

Failure to respond to inquiry, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.1

Documents

Destruction or concealment, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.4

Documents prepared for litigation, candor, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Inadvertently sent, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.4

Returning to clients on termination, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.16

Electronic information

Inadvertently sent, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.4

Ex parte proceedings, candor toward court, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

False statements

Fact or law, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.1

Lawyer's services, statements about, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.1

Material facts, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.1

To tribunals, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Firms, see Law firms under this topic

Former arbitrators, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former judges, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former law clerks, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former mediators, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former third-party neutrals, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Gifts, instruments gifting to attorney or relatives, preparing, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Government lawyers, successive private employment, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.11

Guardians, appointing, clients with disabilities, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.14

Involuntary inactive attorneys, employment by other attorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.8

IOLTA accounts, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Juries, attorneys' duties regarding

Contact with jurors or prospective jurors, see JURIES

Law firms

Assistants, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.3

Assistants in, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Attorneys working in

Attorney in firm acting as witness where another lawyer in firm is advocate, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.7

Client loyalty, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Ethical conduct, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.1, Prof Cond 5.2

News media, statements to, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.6

Serving as witness when other attorney is advocate, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.7

Defined, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Disqualification

Former arbitrators, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former judges, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former law clerks, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.12

Former partners or associates, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

General rule, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Government lawyers, successive private employment, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.11

Employment of disbarred, suspended, or involuntarily inactive attorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.8

Former partners or associates

Disqualification, general rule, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.10

Payments to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.5

Nonattorney assistants, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.3

Nonattorney assistants in, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Partners, ethical conduct of partners and employees, responsibilities for, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.1

Trust accounts, see Lawyer trust accounts under this topic

Lawsuits

Advocacy, duties, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.1

Candor, generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Expediting, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.2

Frivolous lawsuits, prohibition against, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.1

Lawyer trust accounts, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Legal authority, adverse to client's position, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Legal profession, integrity, maintaining, duties, generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.1, Prof Cond 8.2

Liability, malpractice claims, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Licenses

Renewal, annual, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Misconduct

Defined, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.4

Reporting, duties, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.3

Multijurisdictional practice of law, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.5

Necessity, avoidance of fraudulent or criminal act by client, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Nonattorney assistants, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.3, Prof Cond 5.4

Opinions

Use by third persons, Court Rules Prof Cond 2.3

Partnerships

Nonlawyers, partnerships prohibited, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Restrictions on right to practice law, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.6

Payments by, client funds, securities or property, payment or delivery to client, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Payments to, compensation from persons other than client, restriction, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Practice of law

Areas of practice, communications concerning, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Multijurisdictional, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.5

Restrictions on right to practice, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.6

Unauthorized, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.5

Pro se parties, dealing with, duties, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.3

Professional conduct, rules of, see Rules of professional conduct under this topic

Professional independence, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Proprietary interest in cause of action, acquisition, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Prosecuting attorneys, see PROSECUTORS

Prospective clients, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.18, Prof Cond 7.3

Records and record keeping

Advertisements, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Referrals, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Relatives, gift instruments gifting to, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.8

Representative capacity, appearance before legislature, state agencies, or administrative bodies, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.9

Rules of professional conduct

Binding effect, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.2

Definitions, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.0

Violations, reporting, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.3

Sale of law practice

Deceased, disabled or disappeared attorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.4

Restrictions, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.17

Solicitation

Advertisements, see ADVERTISEMENTS

Direct contact with targets, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.3

Specialists, area of practice, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Statements by

Candidates for elective office, qualifications or integrity, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.2

False statements, see same under this topic

Judicial officers, qualifications or integrity, Court Rules Prof Cond 8.2

Lawyer's services, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Prejudicial statements to media, criminal trials, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.5, Prof Cond 3.6

Specialty areas, Court Rules Prof Cond 7.2

Trials, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.4

Suspended attorneys, employment by other attorneys, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.8

Third persons, rights of, respect for, duties, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.4

Third-party neutrals, attorneys serving as

Former service, disqualification, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.2

Generally, Court Rules Prof Cond 2.4

Tribunals

Candor toward, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.3

Communication with officials, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.5

Trust accounts, Court Rules Prof Cond 1.15

Unauthorized practice of law, prohibited, Court Rules Prof Cond 5.5

Unrepresented parties, dealing with, duties, Court Rules Prof Cond 4.3

Witnesses, attorneys as, Court Rules Prof Cond 3.7