Other Areas Flashcards

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Direct Contact With Prospective Clients

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Contact = in person, telephonic, sms

Attorney may not solicit professional employment from prospective client when significant motive is pecuniary gain.

Exception: other attorneys, relatives, close friends, current client and former client

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Direct Contact With Prospective Client Exception Does Not Apply If

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Attorney knows/should know prospective client’s physical/mental/emotional state is such that person could not exercise reasonable judgment in employing attorney.
OR
Prospective client has made known to Attorney the desire not to be contacted
OR
Solicitation involves coercion, duress, or harassment.

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Special Rule Fore Direct Mail

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Written, recorded, electronic communication from Attorney to prospective client SHALL INCLUDE advertisement on envelope and at BEGINNING AND END of document in CONSPICUOUS MANNER

Unless exception applies.

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Runners

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Attorney is prohibited from using runners.

Exception. Attorney can pay referral fee to referring attorney as long as client gives CONSENT to fee and FEE is REASONABLE.

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Fees

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Must not be clearly excessive. Fee is excessive when attorney of ordinary prudence is left with distinct and firm conviction that fee is excessive.

Factors: time spent, difficulty of work. reputation of attorney, customary fee.

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Contingent Fees

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Must be in writing in plain and simple language MUST GIVE client 24 hours to revoke.

CANNOT USE IN: domestic relations and criminal cases

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No Contact Rule: Communication with Represented Parties

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Attorney may not communicate or cause another to communicate on subject of representation with party attorney knows to be represented UNLESS party’s counsel has authorized contact.

Elements: actual knowledge; subject of representation

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No Contact Rule: Communication with Unrepresented Parties

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Attorney may contact, BUT NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE, except to to seek legal counsel.

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Threatening Criminal Prosecution

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Improper Unless, reasonably believes char to be true AND threat is to compel/induce party toake reasonable action to make good on wrong.

Threat of criminal prosecution must be related to the current charge.

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Trial Witnesses

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Lawyers have two duties

No compensation to testify (may compensate for services) AND No advising wittiness to hide or flee from state.

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Trial Publicity

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Attorney SHALL NOT make extrajudicial statements that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication if ATTORNEY knows/should know statement will have substantial likelhood of materially prejudicing jury.

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Unauthorized Practice

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Practicing in jurisdiction which attorney is not licenses OR assiting person who is non-member with unauthorized practice; No partnerships with non-attorneys if any part of partnership activities consist of practice of law.

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Subordinate Lawyers

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Will not violate RPC if he act in accordance with supervisory lawyer’s REASONABLE resolution of an arguable question of professional duty.

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Supervisory Lawyers

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Responsible for another lawyer’s violation of RPC if supervisory order/ratifies action OR if partner is in direct supervisory role AND knew of conduct and failed to take remedial measures

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