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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 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...
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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 lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client. Comment [1] A lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a cl...
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(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 ...
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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) A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related...
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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) Except as law may otherwise expressly permit, a lawyer who has formerly served as a public officer or employee of the government: (1) is subje...
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(a) A lawyer employed or retained by an organization represents the organization acting through its duly authorized constituents. (b) If a lawyer ...
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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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This rule has four subparts: Rule 1.15-1, Definitions; Rule 1.15-2, General Rules; Rule 1.15-3, Records and Accountings; and Rule 1.15-4, Trust Acc...
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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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(a) Check Format. All general trust accounts, dedicated trust accounts, and fiduciary accounts must use business-size checks that contain an Auxili...
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(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 ...
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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 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 serves as a third-party neutral when the lawyer assists two or more persons who are not clients of the lawyer to reach a resolution of...
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A lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to expedite litigation consistent with the interests of the client. Comment [1] Dilatory practices bring t...
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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 lawyer shall not: (a) unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or unlawfully alter, destroy or conceal a document or other material...
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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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(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...
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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) 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 participate in offering or making: (a) a partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement th...
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(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 (...
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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...
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A lawyer may serve as a director, officer or member of an organization involved in reform of the law or its administration notwithstanding that the...
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(a) A lawyer who, under the auspices of a program sponsored by a nonprofit organization or court, provides short-term limited legal services to a c...
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A lawyer who holds public office shall not: (a) use his or her public position to obtain, or attempt to obtain, a special advantage in legislative...
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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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An applicant for admission to the bar, or a lawyer in connection with a bar admission application or in connection with a disciplinary matter, shal...
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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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It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: (a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce ano...
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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 ...
