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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...
• 0.2 Scope
  [1] The Rules of Professional Conduct are rules of reason. They should be interpreted with reference to the purposes of legal representation and of...
• 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 1.5 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 1.9 Duties to Former Clients
  (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...
• 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 1.15-4 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 1.15 - Comment to All Subparts
  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...
• Rule 2.3 Evaluation for Use by Third Persons
  (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...
• Rule 2.4 Lawyer Serving as Third-Party Neutral
  (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...
• Rule 3.1 Meritorious Claims and Contentions
  A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so tha...
• 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 3.8 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 5.1 Responsibilities of Principals, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers
  (a) A principal in a law firm, and a lawyer who individually or together with other lawyers possesses comparable managerial authority, shall make r...
• 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 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 ...