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Your search for: “clients with diminshed capacity” returned 36 results
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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 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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(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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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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(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 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...
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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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(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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A lawyer may serve as a director, officer or member of a legal services organization, apart from the law firm in which the lawyer practices, notwit...
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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 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 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 ...
