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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: July 19, 2024Opinion provides that a lawyer may allow a third-party business to install a self-service kiosk in the lawyer’s office for the provision of ignitio...
- 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: October 21, 2022Opinion rules that a lawyer may call as an expert witness a public adjuster who will collect a statutorily authorized contingency fee paid by the c...
- 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: April 22, 2022Opinion rules that an attorney appointed by the court as the guardian ad litem and the attorney advocate in an abuse, neglect, and dependency proce...
- Adopted: July 16, 2021Opinion discusses a lawyer’s professional responsibility to safeguard entrusted funds by identifying and avoiding purported transactions involving ...
- 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 rules that a lawyer may not advance a client’s portion of settlement proceeds while a matter is pending or litigation is contemplated but m...
- Adopted: January 15, 2021Opinion discusses a lawyer’s professional responsibility to inform clients about relevant, potential fraudulent attempts to improperly acquire clie...
- Adopted: October 23, 2020Opinion rules that a lawyer may not invest in a fund that provides litigation financing if the lawyer’s practice accepts clients who obtain litigat...
- Adopted: October 23, 2020Opinion rules that a solo practitioner/owner of a PLLC is not prohibited from representing the PLLC and testifying in a dispute with a former client.
- 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, depending on the function of the social media platform, offering an incentive to engage with a law practice’s social media acco...
- Adopted: July 19, 2019Opinion reviews a lawyer’s professional responsibilities when seeking access to a person’s profile, pages, and posts on a social network to investi...
- Adopted: April 26, 2019Opinion rules that an ongoing sexual relationship between opposing counsel creates a conflict of interest in violation of Rule 1.7(a).
- 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: 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: April 20, 2018Opinion rules that a lawyer may offer clients on-site access to a financial brokerage company as a payment option for legal fees so long as the law...
- 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: July 28, 2017Opinion rules that a lawyer is prohibited from disbursing settlement funds pursuant to the client’s directive if the funds are subject to a perfect...
- Adopted: January 27, 2017Opinion rules that a lawyer may not negotiate for employment with another firm if the firm represents a party adverse to the lawyer’s client unless...
- Adopted: July 22, 2016Opinion rules that a lawyer who previously represented a husband and wife in several matters may not represent one spouse in a subsequent domestic ...
- Adopted: February 01, 2016Opinion encourages lawyers to become mentors to law students and new lawyers (“protégés”) who are not employees of the mentor’s firm, and examines ...
- 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: 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 provides that in post-conviction or appellate proceedings, a discharged lawyer may discuss a former client’s case and turn over the former ...
- Adopted: July 17, 2015Opinion rules a lawyer must advise a civil litigation client about the legal ramifications of the client’s postings on social media as necessary to...
- 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: July 17, 2015Opinion rules that a private lawyer may supervise an investigation involving misrepresentation if done in pursuit of a public interest and certain ...
- 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 a lawyer may not prepare pleadings and other filings for an unrepresented opposing party in a civil proceeding currently pending...
- 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: January 23, 2015Opinion rules that a lawyer who handles adoptions as part of her or his law practice and also owns a financial interest in a for-profit adoption ag...
- Adopted: July 25, 2014Opinion rules that, in a worker’s compensation case, when a client terminates representation, the subsequently hired lawyer may disclose the settle...
- Adopted: January 24, 2014Opinion rules that records relative to a client’s matter that would be helpful to subsequent legal counsel must be provided to the client upon the ...
- 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 examines the ethical duties of a lawyer representing both the buyer and the seller on the purchase of a foreclosure property and the lawyer...
- Adopted: July 19, 2013Opinion rules that a law firm may send a nonlawyer field representative to meet with a prospective client and obtain a representation contract if a...
- 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 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 rules that an agreement for a departing lawyer to pay his former firm a percentage of any legal fee subsequently recovered from the continu...
- 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: 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: October 26, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer may ask a former client for a recommendation to be posted on the lawyer’s profile on a professional networking website ...
- Adopted: April 27, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer must obtain client consent, confirmed in writing, before outsourcing its transcription and typing needs to a company lo...
- Adopted: October 21, 2011Editor's note: This opinion is not intended to imply that a lawyer for an estate is required to petition the clerk for approval of the lawyer’s fee...
- Adopted: July 15, 2011Opinion provides guidelines for the use of live chat support services on law firm websites.
- Adopted: April 22, 2011Opinion provides guidelines for the application of the prohibition in Rule 3.7 on a lawyer serving as both advocate and witness when the lawyer is ...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion rules that a law firm may charge a client for the expenses associated with an out-of-office consultation so long as advertisements referenc...
- 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 21, 2011Opinion rules that a lawyer may receive a fee or commission in exchange for providing financial services and products to a legal client so long as ...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion provides guidance on the cross-examination of current and former clients.
- Adopted: October 29, 2010Opinion rules that a lawyer participating in a real estate transaction may not in such transaction place his client’s title insurance in a title in...
- Adopted: October 29, 2010Opinion rules that whether a lawyer rendering a title opinion to a title insurer should tack to an owner’s policy of title insurance or a mortgagee...
- Adopted: July 23, 2010Opinion rules that a website may include a case summary section showcasing successful verdicts and settlements if the section contains factually ac...
- Adopted: January 15, 2010Opinion rules that a lawyer may prepare an affidavit and confession of judgment for an unrepresented adverse party provided the lawyer explains who...
- 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: July 24, 2009Opinion rules that, unless affected clients expressly consent to the disclosure of their confidential information, a lawyer may allow a title insur...
- Adopted: January 23, 2009Opinion rules that, provided the agreement does not constitute the criminal offense of compounding a crime and is not otherwise illegal, and does n...
- 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: January 22, 2009Opinion rules that a lawyer may serve the opposing party with discovery requests that require the party to reveal her citizenship status, but the l...
- Adopted: October 24, 2008Opinion rules that a provision in a law firm employment agreement for dividing legal fees received after a lawyer's departure from a firm must be r...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion holds that a lawyer is not prohibited from advising a school board sitting in an adjudicative capacity in a disciplinary or employment proc...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion provides guidance on miscellaneous issues relative to client seminars and solicitation, gifts to clients and others following referrals, di...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion rules that a lawyer may outsource limited legal support services to a foreign lawyer or a nonlawyer (collectively "foreign assistants") pro...
- Adopted: October 19, 2007Opinion rules that a lawyer owes no ethical duty to the heirs of an estate that he represents in a wrongful death action except as set forth in Rul...
- Adopted: October 19, 2007Opinion rules that a lawyer may not take possession of a client's contraband if possession is itself a crime and, unless there is an exception allo...
- 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: January 19, 2007Opinion rules that under certain circumstances a lawyer may consider a dispute with a client over legal fees resolved and transfer funds from the t...
- Adopted: January 19, 2007Opinion rules that the prohibition against communications with represented persons does not apply to a lawyer acting solely as a guardian ad litem.
- Adopted: October 20, 2006Opinion explores the circumstances under which a lawyer may obtain litigation funding from a financing company.
- Adopted: October 20, 2006Inquiry: May a person who is not a lawyer appear before planning boards, boards of adjustment, or other governmental bodies conducting quasi-judici...
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules that if the lawyer concludes that pursuit of a lawsuit filed against a defendant is frivolous, but the GAL for the minor client insis...
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules that a lawyer must use reasonable care under the circumstances to protect from disclosure a client's confidential health information ...
- 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 explores the extent to which a lawyer may communicate with employees or officials of a represented government entity.
- Adopted: April 21, 2006Opinion rules that absent consent to disclose from the parent, a lawyer may not reveal confidences received from a parent seeking representation of...
- Adopted: April 21, 2006Opinion rules that the county tax attorney may not bid at a tax foreclosure sale of real property.
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion rules that the URL for a law firm website does not have to include words that identify the site as belonging to a law firm provided the URL...
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion examines the requirements for an interim account used to pay the costs for real estate closings and also rules that the actual costs may be...
- 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: October 21, 2005Opinion rules that a lawyer may not appear before a judge who is a family member without consent from all parties and, although consent is not requ...
- 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 a lawyer may not threaten to report an opposing party or a witness to immigration officials to gain an advantage in civil settle...
- Adopted: January 21, 2005Opinion rules that a lawyer may form a professional corporation for the practice of law and the professional corporation may enter into a law partn...
- Adopted: October 21, 2004Opinion rules that an insurance defense lawyer may give the insured and the insurance carrier an evaluation of a pending case, including settlement...
- Adopted: October 21, 2004Opinion rules that unless the lawyer invariably makes the repayment of costs advanced contingent upon the outcome of each matter, an advertisement ...
- Adopted: July 16, 2004Opinion rules that a lawyer may disclose confidential client information to collect a fee, including information necessary to support a claim that ...
- Adopted: April 23, 2004Opinion rules that a lawyer must deal honestly with the members of her former firm when dividing a legal fee.
- Adopted: January 16, 2004Opinion rules that an attorney may provide an accounting of disbursements of sums recovered for a personal injury claimant as required by N.C.G.S. ...
- Adopted: January 16, 2004Opinion rules that a lawyer may participate in a settlement agreement that contains a provision limiting or prohibiting disclosure of information o...
- 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: April 18, 2003Opinion rules that a lawyer may collect a contingent fee and/or a court-awarded attorney fee if consistent with the fee agreement with the client b...
- 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: 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 lawyer who is appointed the guardian ad litem for a minor plaintiff in a tort action and is represented in this capacity by le...
- 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: July 19, 2002Opinion rules that a lawyer for an estate may seek removal of the personal representative if the personal representative's breach of fiduciary duti...
- Adopted: April 19, 2002Opinion rules that a lawyer may participate in a non-profit organization that promotes a cooperative method for resolving family law disputes altho...
- Adopted: January 18, 2002Opinion rules that when a client authorizes a lawyer to assure a medical provider that it will be paid upon the settlement of a personal injury cla...
- 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: April 27, 2001Opinion rules that a lawyer may settle a tort claim by making disbursements from a trust account in reliance upon the deposit of funds provisionall...
- 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 rules that a lawyer may sign a statement acknowledging a finance company's interest in a client's recovery subject to certain conditions.
- Adopted: July 19, 2000Opinion rules that a television advertisement for legal services that implies that an insurance company will settle a claim more quickly because th...
- 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: October 22, 1999Opinion holds that a lawyer for an estate may not seek to have one co-executor removed if the co-executor was acting within his official capacity.
- 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: April 23, 1999Opinion provides guidelines for a lawyer representing a client with a civil claim that also constitutes a crime.
- Adopted: January 15, 1999Opinion rules that a lawyer may represent a person who is resisting an incompetency petition although the person may suffer from a mental disabilit...
- Adopted: July 16, 1998Opinion rules that a lawyer may charge a client the actual cost of retrieving a closed client file from storage, subject to certain conditions, pro...
- 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: October 24, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may appear in court before a judge the lawyer represents in a personal matter provided there is disclosure of the repre...
- Adopted: July 18, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may represent multiple claimants in a personal injury case, even though the available insurance proceeds are insufficie...
- Adopted: July 18, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer in receipt of materials that appear on their face to be subject to the attorney-client privilege or otherwise confident...
- Adopted: April 04, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer who owns stock in a mortgage brokerage corporation may not act as the settlement agent for a loan brokered by the corpo...
- Adopted: April 04, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer in possession of the legal file relating to the prior representation of co-parties in an action must provide the co-par...
- Adopted: April 04, 1997Opinion rules that, under certain circumstances, a lawyer may not represent a party whose interests are opposed to the interests of a prospective c...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may decline to represent a client on the property damage claim while agreeing to represent the client on the personal i...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that although a lawyer asks a prospective client to sign a form stating that no client-lawyer relationship will be created by reason ...
- 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: October 18, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer may not communicate with the judge before whom a proceeding is pending to request an ex parte order unless opposing cou...
- Adopted: October 17, 1996Opinion concerns disbursements from a trust account in reliance upon the deposit of a mortgage company's check issued pursuant to an agreement with...
- Adopted: July 26, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer for a personal injury victim may not execute an agreement to indemnify the tortfeasor's liability insurance carrier aga...
- Adopted: July 26, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer who jointly represented a husband and wife in the preparation and execution of estate planning documents may not prepar...
- Adopted: April 12, 1996Opinion rules that when a law firm receives funds that are not identified as client funds, the firm must investigate the ownership of the funds and...
- Adopted: January 12, 1996Opinion holds that the lawyer for a defendant in criminal and civil actions arising out of the same event may seek the cooperation of a crime victi...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may make disbursements from his or her trust account in reliance upon the deposit of funds provisionally credited to th...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may represent an insured in a bad faith action against his insurer for failure to pay a liability claim brought by a cl...
- 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: July 21, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may not send a jury questionnaire directly to prospective members of the jury but, if the questionnaire is sent out by ...
- Adopted: April 14, 1995Opinion rules that a lawyer may disclose the confidential information of a deceased client to the personal representative of the client's estate bu...
- Adopted: April 14, 1995Opinion rules that District Attorney may not communicate or cause another to communicate with represented defendant without the defense lawyer's co...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that the attorney who formerly represented an estate may divulge confidential information relating to the representation of the estat...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that in a letter to an unrepresented prospective defendant in a personal injury action, the plaintiff's lawyer may not give legal adv...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that the attorney for the plaintiffs in a personal injury action arising out of a motor vehicle accident may interview the unrepresen...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that the lawyers remaining with a firm may contact by phone or in person clients whose legal matters were handled exclusively by a la...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer is required to disclose to an adverse party with whom the lawyer is negotiating a settlement that the lawyer's client h...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer for an opposing party may communicate directly with the pathologist who performed an autopsy on the plaintiff's deceden...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion examines a lawyer's obligation to deliver the file to the client upon the termination of the representation when the lawyer represents mult...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer who owns any stock in a title insurance agency may not give title opinions to the title insurance company for which the...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer may not acquire a proprietary interest in the subject matter of domestic litigation by obtaining a client's authorizati...
- Adopted: July 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer may not offer or enter into a settlement agreement that contains a provision barring the lawyer who represents the sett...
- Adopted: July 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer may not passively listen while the opposing party's nonparty treating physician comments on his or her treatment of the...
- Adopted: July 21, 1994Opinion rules that an attorney may not communicate with the opposing party's nonparty treating physician about the physician's treatment of the opp...
- Adopted: July 21, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer who employs a paralegal is not disqualified from representing a party whose interests are adverse to that of a party 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 21, 1994Opinion rules that an attorney may represent the insured, his liability insurer, and the same insurer relative to underinsured motorist coverage ca...
- Adopted: April 15, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer may jointly represent a personal injury victim and the medical insurance carrier that holds a subrogation agreement wit...
- Adopted: April 15, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer who represents a client on a criminal charge may not lend the client the money necessary to post bond.
- Adopted: January 14, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer may accept compensation from a potentially adverse insurance carrier for representing a minor in the court approval of ...
- Adopted: January 14, 1994Opinion rules that an attorney may not participate in the resolution of a civil dispute involving allegations against a psychotherapist of sexual i...
- Adopted: January 14, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer is not required to provide a former client with copies of title notes and may charge a former client for copies of docu...
- Adopted: October 29, 1993Opinion rules that an attorney who has advised a client that he has been retained by the client's insurance company to represent him must reasonabl...
- 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: April 16, 1993Opinion rules that a lawyer may not communicate with an adverse corporate party's house counsel, who appears in the case as a corporate manager, wi...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that a lawyer may not include language in an employment agreement that divests the client of her exclusive authority to settle a civi...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that an attorney may not represent the insured, her liability insurer and the same insurer relative to underinsured motorist coverage...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that an attorney cannot permit the bank to link her trust and business accounts for the purpose of determining interest earned or cha...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that a lawyer for a party adverse to the government may freely communicate with government officials concerning the matter until noti...
- Adopted: October 23, 1992Opinion rules that an attorney's contingent fee in a case resolved by a structured settlement should, if paid in a lump sum, be calculated in terms...
- Adopted: October 23, 1992Opinion rules that a lawyer who formerly represented an estate may not subsequently defend the former personal representative against a claim broug...
- Adopted: October 23, 1992Opinion finds no disqualifying conflict of interest where an attorney is retained by an insurer to represent an insured during the pendency of a de...
- Adopted: April 17, 1992Opinion rules that deliberate release of settlement proceeds without satisfying conditions precedent is dishonest and unethical.
- Adopted: January 17, 1992Opinion rules that a lawyer may not pay a medical care provider from the proceeds of a settlement negotiated prior to the filing of suit over his c...
- Adopted: January 17, 1992Opinion rules that a lawyer may not represent parents as guardians ad litem for their injured child and as individuals concerning their related tor...
- Adopted: January 17, 1992Opinion rules that a lawyer may represent parents and an independent guardian ad litem for their child concerning related tort claims under certain...
- Adopted: October 18, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney may acquiesce in a client's communication with an opposing party who is represented without the other attorney's con...
- Adopted: October 18, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney employed by an insurer to defend in the name of the defendant pursuant to underinsured motorist coverage may not com...
- Adopted: July 12, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney retained by a liability insurer to defend its insured may not advise insured or insurer regarding the plaintiff's of...
- Adopted: July 12, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney retained by an insurer to defend its insured may not advise insurer or insured regarding the plaintiff's offer to li...
- Adopted: April 12, 1991Opinion rules that a lawyer may tack onto an existing title insurance policy.
- Adopted: January 18, 1991Opinion rules that a lawyer may not permit the employment of court reporting services to be influenced by the possibility that the lawyer's employe...
- Adopted: January 18, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney serving on a hospital ethics committee is not automatically disqualified from representing interests adverse to the ...
- Adopted: January 17, 1991Opinion rules that an "of counsel" relationship may exist between lawyers practicing in different towns if the professional relationship is close, ...
- Adopted: January 17, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney employed by the insurer to represent the insured and its own interests may not send the insurer a letter on behalf o...
- Adopted: January 17, 1991Opinion rules that an attorney representing both the insurer and the insured need not surrender to the insured copies of all correspondence concern...
- Adopted: October 17, 1990Opinion construes the term "professional relationship" and explores the circumstances under which solicitation of persons or organizations with who...
- Adopted: April 13, 1990Opinion discusses disbursement against uncollected funds, accounting for earnest money paid outside closing and representation of the seller.
- Adopted: January 12, 1990Opinion rules that an attorney may not condition settlement of a civil dispute on an agreement not to report lawyer misconduct.
- Adopted: January 12, 1990Opinion rules that the significance of an attorney's personal interest in property determines whether he or she has a conflict of interest sufficie...
- Adopted: January 12, 1990Opinion rules that a lawyer may not lend money to a client who is represented in pending or contemplated litigation except to finance costs of liti...
- Adopted: January 12, 1990The responsibilities and limitations of the lawyer acting as trustee arise primarily from the lawyer's fiduciary relationship in serving as trustee...
- Adopted: October 20, 1989Opinion rules that a lawyer must obey the client's instruction not to pay medical providers from the proceeds of settlement in the absence of a val...
- Adopted: October 20, 1989Opinion rules that a legal assistant may communicate and negotiate with a claims adjuster if directly supervised by the attorney for whom he or she...
- Adopted: July 14, 1989Opinion rules that an attorney generally may interview a rank and file employee of an adverse corporate party without the knowledge or consent of t...
- Adopted: July 14, 1989Opinion rules that an attorney may disclose client confidences necessary to protect her reputation where a claim alleging malpractice is brought by...
- Adopted: January 13, 1989Opinion rules that attorneys that own stock in a real estate company may refer clients to the company if such would be in the client's best interes...
- Adopted: January 13, 1989Opinion describes circumstances under which a lawyer who has been appointed to represent an indigent person may accept payment directly from the cl...
- Adopted: October 28, 1988Opinion outlines professional responsibilities of lawyers involved in a law firm dissolution.
- Adopted: October 28, 1988Opinion rules that an attorney who receives from his or her client a small sum of money which is to be used to pay the cost of recording a deed mus...
- Adopted: July 15, 1988Opinion rules that an attorney may not communicate settlement demands directly to an insurance company which has employed counsel to represent its ...
- Adopted: July 15, 1988Opinion rules that attorney whose partner represented the adverse party prior to joining the firm is not disqualified unless the partner acquired c...
- Adopted: January 15, 1988Opinion rules that an attorney may be designated as "of counsel" to a North Carolina law firm so long as the attorney is licensed in North Carolina...
- Adopted: October 23, 1987Opinion rules that a lawyer may not purchase his client's property at an execution sale on his own account because of conflict of interest.
- Adopted: October 23, 1987Opinion rules that a law firm may not send letters recommending the services of the firm to persons or corporations that have indicated interest in...
- Adopted: April 17, 1987Opinion rules that a lawyer may send a demand letter to the adverse party without identifying the client by name.
- Adopted: January 16, 1987Opinion rules that a lawyer employed by an insurer to represent an uninsured motorist must not withdraw after settlement until he obtains permissio...
- Adopted: October 24, 1986Opinion rules that attorney may interview person with an adverse interest who is unrepresented and make a demand or propose a settlement.
- Adopted: October 24, 1986Opinion rules that when married lawyers are employed in different firms and those firms represent adverse parties, neither firm is disqualified.
- Adopted: October 24, 1986Opinion rules that a lawyer appointed conservator of a deceased lawyer's files should comply with the instructions of the court and seek to preserv...
- Adopted: January 17, 1986Opinion rules that a lawyer may charge a contingent fee to recover child support payments.
- Adopted: January 18, 1980Inquiry: Law firm does insurance defense work on a regular basis for certain insurance companies such that there is always at least one active file...
- Adopted: April 15, 1977Inquiry: By CPR 17, issued in July, 1974, we called attention to G.S. 58-135.1 which became effective July 1, 1974, prohibiting lawyers and others ...
