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Opinion 19-02 |
Financial Assistance to Clients
A lawyer who won a verdict for a client in litigation that is being appealed may allow the client to obtain financing and assist the client in obtaining financing from a third party during the pendency of such litigation. Although the Rules do not prohibit the lawyer’s assistance or cooperation, the lawyer’s assistance and cooperation are governed by several ethical limitations including the lawyer’s duty to render independent professional judgment and candid advice to the client free of third party interference, to maintain confidentiality of the client’s information and to obtain the client’s informed consent for the lawyer’s disclosure of any information to the finance company.
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Opinion 06-01 |
Client Funds and Property | Financial Assistance to Clients
A lawyer may not provide a personal guarantee that s/he will pay the liens and subrogation claims chargeable against a client’s settlement proceeds.
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Opinion 95-06 |
Financial Assistance to Clients
An attorney may not advance money to a hospital on behalf of a client for medical expenses of the client.
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Opinion 92-09 |
Fees and Expenses | Financial Assistance to Clients
Attorney may ethically assist clients in obtaining loans for payment of attorney fees, providing the attorney protects the client's confidences and meets his fiduciary obligation of complete disclosure.
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Opinion 90-25 |
Court Appointed Lawyer | Financial Assistance to Clients
- It is improper for attorneys to sign a surety bond on behalf of another attorney from the same firm, when the firm has been hired by the attorney to represent him in his capacity as administrator of a decedent's estate.
- It is not necessarily improper for a judge to appoint an attorney as administrator of an estate, even though that attorney has made financial contributions to the judge's campaign committee, and another attorney from the same firm served on the judge's campaign committee when the judge sought to be elected to his present judicial post; whether the attorney should accept such appointment depends upon whether the appointment is likely to result in a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law, and ultimately whether the acceptance of the appointment will be prejudicial to the administration of justice.
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Opinion 802 |
Financial Assistance to Clients
It is professionally improper for an attorney, representing the personal representative of an estate, to act as surety on the personal representative's bond.
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Opinion 767 |
Financial Assistance to Clients
It would be professionally improper for a lawyer to participate in a program which involves the unauthorized practice of law and possible violation of the maintenance statute.
