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- Adopted: April 25, 2025Opinion sets out the requirements of the notice that must be sent to affected clients when a lawyer leaves a law firm.
- Adopted: October 27, 2023Opinion rules that a lawyer may provide services to multiple clients simultaneously and explores various billing structures for overlapping services.
- Adopted: July 21, 2023Opinion rules that a confidentiality clause contained in a settlement agreement that restricts a lawyer’s ability to practice law violates Rule 5.6.
- Adopted: April 21, 2023Opinion clarifies a lawyer’s professional responsibility when closing and/or selling a law practice and when handling aged client files.
- Adopted: July 22, 2022Opinion rules that a lawyer may be included in an allied professional’s list of recommended lawyers provided that the professional does not dissemi...
- Adopted: July 22, 2022Opinion rules that a privately retained lawyer may provide limited representation to a criminal defendant who has been appointed counsel if the lim...
- Adopted: January 21, 2022Opinion rules that a lawyer may not take possession of photographs portraying a minor engaged in sexual activity.
- Adopted: July 16, 2021Opinion rules that a lawyer is not permitted to include confidential information in a response to a client’s negative online review but is not barr...
- Adopted: April 16, 2021Opinion addresses conflicts of interest, communication, funding issues, and accountings in contemporaneous closings for residential real property.
- Adopted: January 15, 2021Opinion discusses a lawyer’s professional responsibility to inform clients about relevant, potential fraudulent attempts to improperly acquire clie...
- Adopted: January 24, 2020Opinion rules that a lawyer may agree to an “attorney eyes only” disclosure restriction.
- Adopted: October 25, 2019Opinion rules that a lawyer may receive virtual currency as a flat fee for legal services, provided the fee is not clearly excessive and the terms ...
- Adopted: October 25, 2019Opinion rules that a lawyer may advertise the lawyer’s inclusion in a list or membership in an organization that bestows a laudatory designation on...
- Adopted: October 26, 2018Opinion rules that, subject to certain conditions, a lawyer may participate in an online service for soliciting client reviews that collects and po...
- Adopted: July 27, 2018Opinion explains when a lawyer may participate in an online rating system, and a lawyer’s professional responsibility for the content posted on a p...
- Adopted: July 27, 2018Opinion rules that, with certain conditions, a lawyer may include in a client’s fee agreement a provision allowing the lawyer’s purchase of litigat...
- Adopted: October 27, 2017Opinion rules that a lawyer representing an estate must maintain the checking account for the estate in accordance with Rule 1.15 consistent with t...
- Adopted: October 23, 2015Opinion rules that the business relationships with health care professionals created by a lawyer previously employed as a health care consultant co...
- Adopted: October 23, 2015Opinion rules that when funds are stolen from a lawyer’s trust account by a third party who is not employed or supervised by the lawyer, and the la...
- Adopted: July 18, 2015Opinion rules that a closing lawyer shall not record and disburse when a seller has delivered the deed to the lawyer but the buyer instructs the la...
- Adopted: July 17, 2015Opinion analyzes a lawyer’s professional responsibilities when she discovers that she made an error that may adversely impact the client’s case.
- Adopted: April 17, 2015Opinion rules that a lawyer may not offer a computer tablet to a prospective client in a direct mail solicitation letter.
- Adopted: April 17, 2015Opinion rules that when the original debt is $100,000 or more, a lawyer for a lender may prepare and provide to an unrepresented borrower, owner, o...
- Adopted: January 23, 2015Opinion rules that a lawyer may accept an invitation from a judge to be a "connection" on a professional networking website, and may endorse a judg...
- Adopted: January 23, 2015Opinion rules that common representation in a commercial real estate loan closing is, in most instances, a “nonconsentable” conflict meaning that a...
- Adopted: October 24, 2014Opinion rules that a lawyer may provide a foreign entity or individual with a North Carolina subpoena accompanied by a statement/letter explaining ...
- Adopted: October 24, 2014Opinion rules that if, after providing an incarcerated criminal client with a summary/explanation of the discovery materials in the client’s file, ...
- Adopted: July 25, 2014Opinion analyzes the responsibilities of the partners and supervisory lawyers in a firm when another firm lawyer has a mental impairment.
- Adopted: January 24, 2014Opinion rules that a lawyer may disburse immediately against funds that are credited to the lawyer’s trust account by automated clearinghouse (ACH)...
- Adopted: October 25, 2013Opinion provides that consent from the lawyer for a represented person must be obtained before copying that person on electronic communications; ...
- Adopted: October 25, 2013Opinion provides guidance to lawyers who work for a public interest law organization that provides legal and non-legal services to its clientele an...
- Adopted: July 19, 2013Opinion rules that a law firm may not share a fee from a tax appeal with a nonlawyer tax representative unless such nonlawyer representatives are l...
- Adopted: July 19, 2013Opinion rules that a state prosecutor does not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct by asking the court to enter an order for arrest when a de...
- Adopted: April 19, 2013Opinion examines a lawyer’s responsibilities when charging and collecting from a client for the expenses of representation.
- Adopted: January 25, 2013Opinion rules that a lawyer who represented an organization while employed with another firm must be screened from participation in any matter, or ...
- Adopted: January 25, 2013Opinion rules a lawyer may not participate as a network lawyer for a company providing litigation or administrative support services for clients wi...
- Adopted: January 25, 2013Opinion holds that a lawyer asked to represent a child in a contested custody or visitation case should decline the appointment unless the order of...
- Adopted: October 26, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer representing an employer must evaluate whether email messages an employee sent to and received from the employee’s lawy...
- Adopted: January 27, 2012Opinion rules that a criminal defense lawyer or a prosecutor may not interview an unrepresented child who is the alleged victim in a criminal case ...
- Adopted: January 27, 2012Opinion rules that a law firm may use online banking to manage its trust accounts provided the firm’s managing lawyers are regularly educated on th...
- Adopted: January 27, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the lawyer uses reasonable care to safeguard confidential ...
- Adopted: April 22, 2011Opinion sets forth the factors to be taken into consideration when determining whether a former client’s delay in objecting to a conflict constitut...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion provides guidelines for a lawyer for a party to a partition proceeding and rules that the lawyer may subsequently serve as a commissioner f...
- Adopted: January 15, 2010Opinion rules that a lawyer may serve as the trustee in a foreclosure proceeding while simultaneously representing the beneficiary of the deed of t...
- Adopted: January 23, 2009Opinion rules that a lawyer who represented the trustee or served as the trustee in a foreclosure proceeding at which the lender acquired the subje...
- Adopted: October 24, 2008Opinion surveys prior ethics opinions on legal fees, sets forth the ethical requirements for the different types of fees paid in advance, authorize...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion provides guidance on miscellaneous issues relative to client seminars and solicitation, gifts to clients and others following referrals, di...
- Adopted: January 25, 2008Opinion rules that a lawyer who serves on a city council or board of county commissioners may represent a criminal defendant in a criminal proceedi...
- Adopted: July 13, 2007Opinion rules that a lawyer may continue to represent a husband and wife in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy after they divorce provided the conditions on c...
- Adopted: July 13, 2007Opinion rules that a lawyer may not charge a client for filing and presenting a motion to withdraw unless withdrawal advances the client's objectiv...
- Adopted: April 20, 2007Opinion explains the duties of a lawyer who represents a local government and of a lawyer who is elected to the governing body of the local governm...
- Adopted: January 19, 2007Opinion rules that, when representation is terminated by a client, a lawyer who advances the cost of a deposition and transcript may not condition ...
- Adopted: October 20, 2006Opinion rules that a lawyer may be a member of a for-profit networking organization provided the lawyer does not distribute business cards and is n...
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules that, outside of the commercial or business context, a lawyer may not, at the request of a third party, prepare documents, such as a ...
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules thata lawyer may disburse against deposited items in reliance upon a bank's fundingschedule under certain circumstances.
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules that a lawyer may not participate in a prepaid legal services plan unless all the conditions for participation are met and participat...
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion rules that a lawyer for a publicly traded company does not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct if the lawyer "reports out" confidenti...
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion addresses ethical concerns raised by an internet-based or virtual law practice and the provision of unbundled legal services.
- Adopted: October 21, 2005Opinion rules that an attorney may recommend that a prospective client use a computer in the attorney's office and the services of an Internet-base...
- Adopted: July 14, 2005Opinion rules that the lawyer for the buyer of residential real estate may prepare the deed without creating a client-lawyer relationship with the ...
- Adopted: January 21, 2005Opinion explores the role of a lawyer who is appointed guardian-ad-litem for respondent parent with diminished capacity.
- Adopted: July 16, 2004Opinion rules that it is misleading to advertise the number of years of experience of the lawyers with a firm without indicating that it is the com...
- Adopted: April 23, 2004Opinion rules that a lawyer may participate in an on-line service that is similar to both a lawyer referral service and a legal directory provided ...
- Adopted: January 16, 2004Opinion rules that a lawyer may not prepare a power of attorney for the benefit of the principal at the request of another individual or third-part...
- Adopted: January 16, 2004Opinion rules that an attorney may file a time-barred claim on behalf of a client, even when the defendant is unavailable and can only be served by...
- Adopted: October 24, 2003Opinion rules that a lawyer may advertise that he is a member of an organization with a self-laudatory title, provided it is a legitimate, disinter...
- Adopted: October 24, 2003Opinion rules that a lawyer must report a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct as required by Rule 8.3(a) even if the lawyer's unethical ...
- Adopted: January 24, 2003Opinion clarifies RPC 206 by ruling that a lawyer may reveal the relevant confidential information of a deceased client in a will contest proceedin...
- Adopted: January 24, 2003Opinion rules that a nonlawyer assistant supervised by a lawyer may identify to the client who is a party to such a transaction the documents to be...
- Adopted: January 24, 2003Revised January 26, 2012 The North Carolina State Bar has been requested to interpret the North Carolina unauthorized practice of law statutes (N....
- Adopted: October 18, 2002Opinion rules that whether electronic mail should be retained as a part of a client's file is a legal decision to be made by the lawyer.
- Adopted: October 19, 2001Opinion prohibits a lawyer from advancing the cost of a rental car to a client even though the car will be used, on occasion, to transport the clie...
- Adopted: October 19, 2001Opinion rules that, although a lawyer may recommend the purchase of a financial product to a legal client, the lawyer may not receive a commission ...
- Adopted: July 27, 2001Opinion examines when a lawyer has a conflict of interest in representing various family members on claims for a deceased employee's workers' compe...
- Adopted: January 18, 2001Opinion rules that a lawyer who was formerly in-house legal counsel for a corporation must obtain the permission of a court prior to disclosing con...
- Adopted: January 18, 2001Opinion explores the situations in which a lawyer who is also a CPA may provide legal services and accounting services from the same office.
- Adopted: July 19, 2000Opinion rules that a lawyer may not charge the client a legal fee for the time required to participate in the State Bar's fee dispute resolution pr...
- Adopted: July 19, 2000Opinion rules that a lawyer with knowledge that a former client is defrauding a bankruptcy court may reveal the confidences of the former client to...
- Adopted: April 14, 2000Opinion rules that, in the absence of a full explanation, advertising a lawyer's or a law firm's record in obtaining favorable verdicts is misleadi...
- Adopted: January 21, 2000Opinion rules that when a lawyer appears with a debtor at a meeting of creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding as a favor to the debtor's lawyer, the ...
- Adopted: July 23, 1999Opinion rules that a law firm may not state in a direct mail letter that lawyers in the firm have obtained jury verdicts of specified amounts becau...
- Adopted: July 23, 1999Opinion examines the ownership of a title insurance agency by lawyers in North and South Carolina as well as the supervision of an independent para...
- Adopted: July 23, 1999Opinion restricts informal written communications with a judge or judicial official relative to a pending matter.
- Adopted: April 23, 1999Opinion rules that, subject to a statute prohibiting the withholding of the information, a lawyer's duty to disclose confidential client informatio...
- Adopted: January 15, 1999Opinion rules that a lawyer representing a minor owes the duty of confidentiality to the minor and may only disclose confidential information to th...
- Adopted: January 15, 1999Opinion rules that a lawyer may participate in the solicitation of funds from third parties to pay the legal fees of a client provided there is dis...
- Adopted: April 16, 1998Opinion rules that a law firm may employ a disbarred lawyer as a paralegal provided the firm accepts no new clients who were clients of the disbarr...
- Adopted: April 16, 1998Opinion rules that the requirements set forth in Rule 1.17 relative to the sale of a law practice to a lawyer who is a stranger to the firm do not ...
- Adopted: January 16, 1998Opinion rules that, after a corporation files a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition and at the request of the bankruptcy trustee, a lawyer who previously...
- Adopted: January 16, 1998Opinion examines the circumstances in which it is acceptable for the lawyer who regularly represents a real estate developer to represent the buyer...
- Adopted: January 16, 1998Opinion rules that a lawyer must give the opposing counsel a copy of a proposed order simultaneously with the lawyer's submission of the proposed o...
- Adopted: July 18, 1997Withdrawn October 24, 1997 Editor's Note: RPC 250 was adopted on July 18, 1997. The opinion was withdrawn by the State Bar Council on October 24, ...
- Adopted: July 18, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may use the services of a nonlawyer independent contractor to search a title provided the nonlawyer is properly supervi...
- Adopted: April 04, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may not communicate with a child who is represented by a GAL and an attorney advocate unless the lawyer obtains the con...
- Adopted: October 18, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer may not collect a contingent fee on the reimbursement paid to the client's medical insurance provider in addition to a ...
- Adopted: January 12, 1996Opinion rules that when a lawyer's reasonable attempts to locate a client are unsuccessful, the client's disappearance constitutes a constructive d...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer should seek the court's permission to listen to a tape recording of a telephone conversation of his or her client made ...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may communicate with a custodian of public records, pursuant to the North Carolina Public Records Act, for the purpose ...
- Adopted: April 14, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may receive a fee for referring a case to another lawyer provided that, by written agreement with the client, both lawy...
- Adopted: April 14, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer who represents a client in a pending domestic action may take a promissory note secured by a deed of trust as payment f...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may not listen to an illegal tape recording made by his client nor may he use the information on the illegal tape recor...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion explores the circumstances under which a lawyer who is also a real estate salesperson may close real estate transactions brokered by the re...
- Adopted: July 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer whose associate is a member of a hospital's board of trustees may not sue the hospital on behalf of a client.
- Adopted: July 09, 1993Opinion discusses when an attorney who is a full-time employee of an insurance company may represent the insurance company, the insured, or others ...
- Adopted: July 12, 1991Opinion rules that attorneys may give legal advice and drafting assistance to persons wishing to proceed pro se without appearing as counsel of rec...
- Adopted: January 17, 1991Opinion rules that trust funds must be held at least five years after the last occurrence of certain prescribed events before they may be deemed ab...
- Adopted: October 17, 1990Opinion construes the term "professional relationship" and explores the circumstances under which solicitation of persons or organizations with who...
- Adopted: January 16, 1987Opinion rules that a law firm may not simultaneously represent shareholders in a derivative action and the corporation's landlord on a claim for ba...
- Adopted: July 25, 1986Opinion rules that a lawyer may employ a collection agency to collect past due fees under certain circumstances.
- Adopted: January 18, 1974Inquiry: Dated August 16, 1973. Client discharged his lawyer and employed another lawyer. The discharged lawyer has been requested to "turn over t...
