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[1] A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession, is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system, and a public citizen having spec...
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[1] The Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of reason. They should be interpreted with reference to the purposes of legal representation and of...
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(a) "Belief" or "believes" denotes that the person involved actually supposed the fact in question to be true. A person's belief may be inferred fr...
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(a) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), a lawyer shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by...
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(a) A lawyer shall not make an agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly excessive fee or charge or collect a clearly excessive amoun...
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(a) A lawyer shall not reveal information acquired during the professional relationship with a client unless the client gives informed consent, th...
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A ...
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(a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or other pecuniary i...
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(a) While lawyers are associated in a firm, none of them shall knowingly represent a client when any one of them practicing alone would be prohibit...
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(a) When a client's capacity to make adequately considered decisions in connection with a representation is diminished, whether because of minority...
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For purposes of this Rule 1.15, the following definitions apply: (a) “Administrative ledger” denotes a written or computerized register, maintaine...
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(a) Entrusted Property. All entrusted property shall be identified, held, and maintained separate from the property of the lawyer, and shall be dep...
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Comment [1] The purpose of a lawyer's trust account or fiduciary account is to segregate the funds belonging to others from those belonging to th...
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(a) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer shall not represent a client or, where representation has commenced, shall withdraw from the repres...
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A lawyer or a law firm may sell or purchase a law practice, or an area of law practice, including good will, if the following conditions are satisf...
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(a) A person who consults with a lawyer about the possibility of forming a client-lawyer relationship with respect to a matter is a prospective cli...
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(a) A lawyer shall not engage in sexual activity with a client. For purposes of this Rule, “sexual activity” means: (1) sexual intercourse; or (2)...
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In representing a client, a lawyer shall exercise independent, professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a lawyer may re...
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(a) A lawyer may undertake an evaluation of a matter affecting a client for the use of someone other than the client if: (1) the lawyer reasonably...
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(a) A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of materia...
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(a) A lawyer representing a party in a matter pending before a tribunal shall not: (1) seek to influence a judge, juror, member of the jury venire,...
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(a) A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that...
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The prosecutor in a criminal case shall: (a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause; (b) ...
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In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person. Comment Misre...
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(a) During the representation of a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to...
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In dealing on behalf of a client with a person who is not represented by counsel, a lawyer shall not: (a) give legal advice to the person, other t...
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(a) In representing a client, a lawyer shall not use means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third perso...
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(a) A principal in a law firm, and a lawyer who individually or together with other lawyers possesses comparable managerial authority, shall make r...
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(a) A lawyer is bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct notwithstanding that the lawyer acted at the direction of another person. (b) A subordi...
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With respect to a nonlawyer employed or retained by or associated with a lawyer: (a) a principal, and a lawyer who individually or together with ot...
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(a) A lawyer or law firm shall not share legal fees with a nonlawyer, except that: (1) an agreement by a lawyer with the lawyer's firm, principal,...
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(a) A lawyer shall not practice law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction. (b) A l...
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A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer’s services. A communication is false or misleading if it...
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(a) A lawyer may communicate information regarding the lawyer’s services through any media. (b) A lawyer shall not compensate, give, or promise any...
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(a) “Solicitation” or “solicit” denotes a communication initiated by the lawyer that is directed to a specific person and that offers to provide, o...
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(a) An intermediary organization is a lawyer referral service, lawyer advertising cooperative, lawyer matching service, online marketing platform, ...
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(a) A lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qual...
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(a) A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a substantial question as to ...
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(a) Disciplinary Authority. A lawyer admitted to practice in North Carolina is subject to the disciplinary authority of North Carolina, regardless ...
