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Fees, Conflicts & Reporting

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  1. 1.Model Rule 1.5(c)–(d) — contingent fees?

    Must be in a writing signed by the client stating the method of calculation; prohibited in domestic relations matters contingent on divorce or support amounts, and in criminal cases.

    ABA Model Rule 1.5(c)–(d)

  2. 2.Model Rule 1.8(j)?

    A lawyer shall not have sexual relations with a client unless a consensual sexual relationship existed when the client-lawyer relationship began.

    ABA Model Rule 1.8(j)

  3. 3.Model Rule 1.9 — duties to former clients?

    A lawyer may not represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter with materially adverse interests to a former client unless the former client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing.

    ABA Model Rule 1.9

  4. 4.Model Rule 1.15?

    Client and third-party property must be held separate from the lawyer's own property (e.g. client trust account) with complete records.

    ABA Model Rule 1.15

  5. 5.Model Rule 4.2?

    A lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows is represented by another lawyer in the matter, unless that lawyer consents or law/court order authorises it.

    ABA Model Rule 4.2

  6. 6.Model Rule 8.3?

    A lawyer who knows another lawyer committed a violation raising a substantial question as to honesty, trustworthiness or fitness must inform the appropriate professional authority (subject to confidentiality under Rule 1.6).

    ABA Model Rule 8.3

  7. 7.Model Rule 1.2(d)?

    A lawyer shall not counsel or assist a client in conduct the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent, but may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct.

    ABA Model Rule 1.2(d)