Rules of Professional Conduct

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• 0.1 Preamble: A Lawyer's Responsibilities
  [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...
• 1.0 Terminology
  (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...
• Rule 1.1 Competence
  A lawyer shall not handle a legal matter that the lawyer knows or should know he or she is not competent to handle without associating with a lawye...
• Rule 1.2 Scope Of Representation and Allocation of Authority between Client and Lawyer
  (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...
• 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 1.6 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 1.10 Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule
  (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...
• Rule 1.13 Organization As Client
  (a) A lawyer employed or retained by an organization represents the organization acting through its duly authorized constituents. (b) If a lawyer ...
• Rule 1.14 Client with Diminished Capacity
  (a) When a client's capacity to make adequately considered decisions in connection with a representation is diminished, whether because of minority...
• 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 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 3.5 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 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 4.4 Respect for Rights of Third Persons
  (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...
• Rule 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistance
  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...
• Rule 5.7 Responsibilities Regarding Law-Related Services
  (a) A lawyer shall be subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to the provision of law-related services, as defined in paragraph (...
• Rule 7.1 Communications Concerning a Lawyer's Services
  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...
• Rule 7.2 Communications Concerning a Lawyer's Services: Specific Rules
  (a) A lawyer may communicate information regarding the lawyer’s services through any media. (b) A lawyer shall not compensate, give, or promise any...
• 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 8.6 Information About a Possible Wrongful Conviction
  (a) Subject to paragraph (b), when a lawyer knows of credible evidence or information, including evidence or information otherwise protected by Rul...