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• Rule 1.4 Communication
  (a) A lawyer shall: (1) promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client's informed consent, as defined ...
• Rule 1.5 Fees
  (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...
• Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information
  (a)  A lawyer shall not reveal information acquired during the professional relationship with a client unless the client gives informed consent, th...
• Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A ...
• Rule 1.8 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules
  (a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or other pecuniary i...
• Rule 1.15-3 Records and Accountings
  (a) Check Format. All general trust accounts, dedicated trust accounts, and fiduciary accounts must use business-size checks that contain an Auxili...
• Rule 1.15-4 Alternative Trust Account Management Procedure for Multi-Member Firm
  (a) Trust Account Oversight Officer (TAOO). Lawyers in a law firm of two or more lawyers may designate a partner in the firm to serve as the trust ...
• Rule 1.18 Duties to Prospective Client
  (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...
• Rule 1.19 Sexual Conduct with Clients Prohibited
  (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)...
• Rule 3.3 Candor Toward the Tribunal
  (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...
• Rule 3.4 Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel
  A lawyer shall not: (a) unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or unlawfully alter, destroy or conceal a document or other material...
• Rule 3.5 Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal
  (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,...
• Rule 3.6 Trial Publicity
  (a) A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that...
• Rule 3.7 Lawyer as Witness
  (a) A lawyer shall not act as advocate at a trial in which the lawyer is likely to be a necessary witness unless: (1) the testimony relates to an u...
• Rule 3.8 Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor
  The prosecutor in a criminal case shall: (a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause; (b) ...
• Rule 4.2 Communication with Person Represented by Counsel
  (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...
• Rule 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer
  (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,...
• Rule 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of Law
  (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...
• Rule 6.1 Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service
  Every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay. A lawyer should aspire to render at least (50) hou...
• Rule 7.3 Direct Contact with Potential Clients
  (a) “Solicitation” or “solicit” denotes a communication initiated by the lawyer that is directed to a specific person and that offers to provide, o...
• Rule 8.3 Reporting Professional Misconduct
  (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 ...
• Rule 8.4 Misconduct
  It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: (a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce ano...