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Rules: Scope, 4-1.7, 4-1.11, 4-1.13, 4-1.16
Preamble and Scope; Client-Lawyer Relationship
Preamble and Scope; Conflict of Interest – Current Clients; Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees; Organizational Clients; Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Current Client; Conflict of Interest - Representing Multiple Parties (a.k.a. Common or Dual Representation); Government Lawyers; Organizational Clients (see also Corporate Clients or Government Lawyers)
Summary: client and duly authorized constituents identification for city attorney
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-6.2
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Public Service
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients; Accepting Appointments
Subject: Appointed Counsel; Conflict of Interest - Current Client; Guardian ad Litem - Lawyer Serving As
Summary: lawyer serving as Guardian ad Litem (GAL) for minor and minor’s infant
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflicts of Interest - Current Clients
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Personal Interest; Disciplinary Complaint; Withdrawal from Representation
Summary: disciplinary complaint filed during representation
Rules: 4-1.0; 4-1.6; 4-1.7; 4-1.8; 4-1.13
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Confidentiality of Information
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Conflict of Interest: Prohibited Transactions
Organization as Client
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Representing Multiple Parties (a.k.a. Common or Dual Representation); Fees - Third Party Payee; Organizational Clients (see also Corporate Clients or Government Lawyers)
Summary: representing company and manager at the same time
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-1.16
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Representing Multiple 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: 4-1.7; 4-1.9; 4-1.10
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Duties to Former Clients
Imputed Disqualification: General Rule
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Imputed Disqualification; Of Counsel
Summary: impution of conflicts of interest between firm and Of Counsel lawyers
Rules: 4-1.4; 4-1.6; 4-1.7; 4-1.8; 4-4.1; 4-4.3
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Transactions with Persons Other than Clients
Communication
Confidentiality of Information
Conflict of Interest
Truthfulness in Statements to Others
Dealing with Unrepresented Person
Subject: Communication; Malpractice (See also Mistake by Lawyer); Mistake by Lawyer
Summary: disclosure of lawyer mistake to client; settling claim or potential claim for malpractice
Rules: 4-1.7; 4-1.10; 4-1.11
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule
Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Current Client; Criminal; Government Lawyers
Summary: part-time prosecutor in County A also a member of private firm in County B; conflicts of law firm defending clients against criminal charges in County B
Rules: 4-1.7
Client-Lawyer Relationship
Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
Subject: Conflict of Interest - Current Client; Guardian ad Litem - Lawyer Serving As
Summary: lawyer serving as Guardian ad Litem (GAL) and counsel for the same individual
Rules: 4-3.7; 4-1.7; 4-1.9
Advocate
Lawyer as Witness
Subject: Lawyer as Witness
Summary: lawyer as witness; necessary witness