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Rules: 4-1.18; 4-1.22; 4-1.15; 4-1.16; Scope [17]
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Scope
Duties to Prospective Client; File Retention; Trust Accounts and Property of Others; Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Client Files; Declining Representation (see also Withdrawal from Representation); Prospective Client (see also Conflict of Interest - Prospective Client); Trust Accounts and Safekeeping Property
Summary: Prospective client entitled to return of papers and properties provided to lawyer during initial consultation; prospective client not entitled to client file if representation is declined
Rules: 4-1.22; 4-1.6; 4-1.4; 4-1.16; 4-5.3
File Retention
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Law Firms and Associations
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Law Firms and Associations
Subject: Client Files
Summary: file destroyed in natural disaster
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflicts of Interest - Current Clients
Declining or Terminating Representation
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Personal Interest; Disciplinary Complaint; Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: disciplinary complaint filed during representation
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Declining or Terminating Representation
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Representing Mulitiple Parties (a.k.a. Common or Dual Representation); Estates, Wills, and Trusts; Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: representation of multiple siblings in partition action from parent's estate; withdrawal when common representation fails
Rules: 4-1.4; 4-1.5; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Communication
Fees
Declining or Terminating Representation
Fees
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: withdrawal due to lawyer's physical or mental condition
Rules: 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-1.14; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Client with Diminished Capacity
Declining or Terminating Representation
Confidentiality of Information
Client with Diminished Capacity
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Diminished Capacity of Client; Estates, Wills, and Trusts; Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: termination of representation by client with diminshed capacity
Rules: 4-1.1; 4-1.2; 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-1.16; 4-3.3
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Advocate
Advocate
Competence
Scope of Representation
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Declining or Terminating Representation
Candor Toward the Court
Scope of Representation
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Declining or Terminating Representation
Candor Toward the Court
Subject: Candor to the Court or Tribunal; Divorce/Dissolution
Summary: remedial measures when lawyer learns of false information filed in connection with dissolution matter
Rules: 4-1.2; 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-3.3; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Advocate
Advocate
Scope of Representation
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Candor Toward the Tribunal
Declining or Terminating Representation
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Candor Toward the Tribunal
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Candor to the Court or Tribunal
Summary: false testimony of client at deposition
Rules: 4-1.16; 4-1.22
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Declining or Terminating Representation
File Retention
Declining or Terminating Representation
File Retention
Subject: Client Files; Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: format for return of client file when file is maintained electronically
Rules: 4-1.2; 4-1.15; 4-1.16; 4-1.22; 4-3.1; 4-3.4; 4-5.6
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Scope of Representation
Safekeeping Property
Declining or Terminating Representation
Scope of Representation
Safekeeping Property
Declining or Terminating Representation
File Retention
Meritorious Claims and Contentions
Restrictions on Right to Practice
Meritorious Claims and Contentions
Restrictions on Right to Practice
Subject: Client Files; Discovery; Protective Order
Summary: protective order or settlement agreement requiring return or destruction of documents produced during discovery