ISBA Ethics Opinions on Lawyer Retained and Compensated and Directed by Third Party

Opinion 94-01 | Lawyer Retained and Compensated and Directed by Third Party | Scope of Representation | Unauthorized Practice of Law
Drafting documents but delegating legal advice on those documents to nonlawyers

A lawyer aids in the unauthorized practice of law, and may violate rules pertaining to confidentiality, conflicts, and the duty to communicate with and explain matters to a client, by limiting his role in a real estate transaction to the drafting of documents and delegating the gathering and dissemination of information, the resolution of problems arising from the documents drafted, and other problems which may arise at the closing, to the real estate broker.
Opinion 93-11 | Lawyer Retained and Compensated and Directed by Third Party | Scope of Representation | Unauthorized Practice of Law
Lawyer hired by third party
Opinion 87-02 | Lawyer Retained and Compensated and Directed by Third Party | Scope of Representation | Unauthorized Practice of Law
Lawyer taking direction from client’s agent real estate broker

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