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Rules: Scope; 4-1.1; 4-1.3; 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-1.15; 4-5.3; 4-8.3
Preamble and Scope; Client-Lawyer Relationship; Law Firms and Associations; Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Preamble and Scope; Competence; Diligence; Communication; Confidentiality of Information; Trust Accounts and Property of Others; Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants; Reporting Professional Misconduct
Subject: Competence; Confidentiality; Reporting Professional Misconduct - Self-Reporting; Trust Accounts and Safekeeping Property
Summary: lawyers and scams
Rules: 4-1.1, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-3.4, 4-5.3; Court Operating Rule 2.02
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Advocate; Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients; Law Firms and Associations
Competence; Communication with Client; Confidentiality of Information; Meritorious Claims and Contentions; Supervision of Nonlawyer Assistants
Subject: Competence; Meritorious Claims or Contentions; Redaction; Supervision of Nonlawyers
Summary: competence and supervision issued related to redaction requirements
Rules: 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2.1, and 4-8.4(d)
Client- Lawyer Relationship, Counselor, Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Communication, Confidentiality, Advisor, Misconduct
Subject: Litigation Loans
Summary: litigation loans pursuant to the Missouri Consumer Legal Funding Act
Rules: 4-1.14, 4-1.2, 4-3.4, 4-1.4
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Advocate
Client with Diminished Capacity; Scope of Representation; Duties to Opposing Parties and Counsel and Ethical Obligation to Follow Court Orders and Rules; Communication
Subject: Diminished Capacity of Client
Summary: lawyer appointed to represent client in guardianship proceedings and diminished capacity
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
Subject: Client Files
Summary: file destroyed in natural disaster
Rules: 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-5.3
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Law Firms and Associations
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants
Subject: Confidentiality; Supervision of Nonlawyers
Summary: email sent to incorrect address
Rules: 4-1.6; 4-1.1, 4-1.3, 4-1.4; 4-5.1; 4-5.3; 6.01
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Law Firms and Associations
Annual Enrollment Fee and Statement
Confidentiality of Information
Competence
Diligence
Communication
Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers
Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants
Subject: Competence; Confidentiality; Supervision of Nonlawyers
Summary: virtual practice
Rules: 4-1.1; 4-1.2; 4-1.4; 4-8.4, Preamble and Scope
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Competence
Scope of Representation
Communication
Misconduct
Subject: Misconduct - Criminal Act by Lawyer; Scope of Representation
Summary: medical marijuana
Rules: 4-1.4; 4-1.5; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Communication
Fees
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: withdrawal due to lawyer's physical or mental condition
Rules: 4-1.2; 4-1.4; 4-3.4; 4-8.4
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Advocate
Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Scope of Representation
Communication
Duties to Opposing Party and Counsel
Misconduct
Subject: Contraband; Criminal; Duties to Opposing Party and Counsel; Evidence of a Crime
Summary: lawyer receives by mail a check for client representation and what appears to be an illegal substance