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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 1.5 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 1.10 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 subjec...
• Rule 1.12 Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator, or Other Third-Party Neutral
  (a) Except as stated in paragraph (d), a lawyer shall not represent anyone in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally ...
• Rule 1.15-2 General Rules
  (a) Entrusted Property. All entrusted property shall be identified, held, and maintained separate from the property of the lawyer, and shall be dep...
• 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 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 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 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 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 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer
  (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,...
• Rule 5.6 Restrictions on Right to Practice
  A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making: (a) a partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement th...
• 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 6.1 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 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 7.4 Intermediary Organizations
  (a) An intermediary organization is a lawyer referral service, lawyer advertising cooperative, lawyer matching service, online marketing platform, ...
• Rule 8.4 Misconduct
  It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: (a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce ano...
• Rule 8.5 Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law
  (a) Disciplinary Authority. A lawyer admitted to practice in North Carolina is subject to the disciplinary authority of North Carolina, regardless ...