Informal Opinion Number: 970201

QUESTION: Attorney represents an insurance salesman in a dispute against the salesman´s former employer. In the process of trying to settle the matter the opposing attorney requested that Attorney agree to refrain from representing any other salesman with claims against the agency for a period of five years. May Attorney ethically enter into such an agreement? ANSWER: Rule 4-5.6(b) prohibits Attorney from entering into the proposed agreement.

Informal Opinions are ethics advisory opinions issued by the Office of Legal Ethics Counsel to members of the Bar about Rule 4 (Rules of Professional Conduct), Rule 5 (Complaints and Proceedings Thereon), and Rule 6 (Fees to Practice Law) pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 5.30(c). Written summaries of select Informal Opinions are published for informational purposes as determined by the Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri pursuant to Rule 5.30(c). Informal opinion summaries are advisory in nature and are not binding. These opinions are published as an educational service and do not constitute legal advice.

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