Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: One of my clients paid me a retainer and we filed suit on his behalf. The retainer is now exhausted, and the client has not paid my invoice for several months. The client has also not responded to my emails, phone calls, or letters for several months. Can I … Read more
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I represent a client in a litigated matter. Circumstances have developed that make it necessary for me to file a motion to withdraw from the case. Are there limitations on the things I may say in my motion to withdraw? Yes. You must consider your obligation to maintain client … Read more
An inactive lawyer may not enter into a referral fee agreement with an active New Hampshire lawyer for matters that first arose after the change in status because that would violate the restrictions on the practice of law and present a great risk of misrepresentation.
1983-84 #1983-84/1 Formal Opinion Ethical Rules on Attorney Advertising #1983-84/2 Formal Opinion (BOG 9/20/83) Contingent Fee in Support Arrearage Case #1983-84/3 Advisory Opinion Duty to Inform Client #1983-84/4 Formal Opinion (BOG 10/14/83) Representing Both Parties in Marital Mediation #1983-84/5 Formal Opinion (BOG 3/22/84) Part-Time District Court Judge: Public Service Limitations/ Practice Limitations #1983-84/6 Advisory Opinion … Read more
A credit card may be used for the payment of legal fees and a lawyer may enter into the standard “Merchant Agreement” with the credit card issuer provided the lawyer enters into a fee agreement in which the client consents to limited disclosure concerning the client to a third party and the imposition of interest charges. Canon 2 and 5
The Appellate Division of the State Department of Employment Security has included in its mailing to pro se appellants a notice of the availability of representation through the Family and Housing Law Clinic of the Franklin Pierce Law Center. The issue presented for consideration is whether the mailing of such notices is prohibited by the Code of Professional Responsibility.
An attorney may not act as town counsel when the firm with which the attorney is associated represents clients in pending matters against that town and continues to accept representation of clients in future matters against the town. DR5-105, DR9-101.
During the course of representation of a client, a lawyer shall not communicate or cause another to communicate on the subject of the representation with a party that he/she knows is represented by a lawyer in that matter, unless he/she has the prior consent of the lawyer representing that party, or is otherwise authorized by law to communicate with that party.
