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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 1.4 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 1.7 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 1.10 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 1.11 Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees
  (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...
• 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 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation
  (a) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer shall not represent a client or, where representation has commenced, shall withdraw from the repres...
• Rule 1.17 Sale of a Law Practice
  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...
• 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 3.7 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 4.3 Dealing with Unrepresented Person
  In dealing on behalf of a client with a person who is not represented by counsel, a lawyer shall not: (a) give legal advice to the person, other t...
• Rule 5.2 Responsibilities of a Subordinate Lawyer
  (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...
• 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 6.3 Membership in Legal Services Organization
  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...
• Rule 6.5 Limited Legal Services Programs
  (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...
• Rule 6.6 Action as a Public Official
  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...