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DESCRIPTIVE WORD INDEX (as of 1/1/2017) Page 1 TOPIC OPINION(S) ABUSIVE DISCLOSURE defined 2006-8 ADEMPTION estate administration, full disclosure 2010-2 ADMINISTRATORS removal of 94-18 ADMISSION RULES Pennsylvania Bar 2005-14 2006-5 2011-5 ADOPTION LAW international, practicing with Pennsylvania license 2000-7 ADVERSE matters, potential for former clients 88-11 parties communicating with 88-30 contact unauthorized 88-37 ex parte communications with former employees of 93-9 referral fees, payment of 2008-4 soliciting 94-1 unauthorized contact with 90-21 unrepresented failure to send documents to court 2003-1 position 87-14 relationship, created by firm taking on client's appeal 2012-6 ADVERTISING ancillary services offered by firm 97-11 attorney access line 90-1 billboard 87-28 business cards 95-10 clear and understandable language 90-15 client testimonials, creating unjustified expectations 90-17 consulting firm services 88-26 describing prior experience as an assistant district attorney 2003-6 direct mail 87-27 88-25 by attorney's spouse 97-14 contacting a represented party 94-1 false statements 88-25
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Page 1: TOPIC OPINION(S) ABUSIVE DISCLOSURE …2017/01/01  · client aware attorney may be a contract lawyer 2010-4 client is an organization, guidelines 2008-8 client's actions, disclosure

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TOPIC OPINION(S)

ABUSIVE DISCLOSURE

defined 2006-8

ADEMPTION

estate administration, full disclosure 2010-2

ADMINISTRATORS

removal of 94-18

ADMISSION RULES

Pennsylvania Bar 2005-14 2006-5 2011-5

ADOPTION LAW

international, practicing with Pennsylvania license 2000-7

ADVERSE

matters, potential for former clients 88-11

parties

communicating with 88-30

contact unauthorized 88-37

ex parte communications with former employees of 93-9

referral fees, payment of 2008-4

soliciting 94-1

unauthorized contact with 90-21

unrepresented failure to send documents to court 2003-1

position 87-14

relationship, created by firm taking on client's appeal 2012-6

ADVERTISING

ancillary services offered by firm 97-11

attorney access line 90-1

billboard 87-28

business cards 95-10

clear and understandable language 90-15

client testimonials, creating unjustified expectations 90-17

consulting firm services 88-26

describing prior experience as an assistant district attorney 2003-6

direct mail 87-27 88-25

by attorney's spouse 97-14

contacting a represented party 94-1

false statements 88-25

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targeted 93-4 98-3

distributing pre-paid phone cards 95-10

do not solicit 97-14

electronically, to solicit clients 2010-6

fees 95-12

fictitious name 94-26

field of practice (See ADVERTISING, specialization)

foreign language 92-21

geographic location, disclosing 95-12 95-17 98-11

improper solicitation, duty to report 2002-9

internet, resume 2007-7

legal organizations, truthfulness and accuracy rules 2012-1

letterhead 87-2

attorney at several locations 2001-5

multiple offices and practices 2004-8

separate entity 91-2

LinkedIn, fields of practice 2012-8

misleading 88-5 90-1 93-4 98-11

nonlegal services offered by medical facility chaired by lawyer 89-18

outside of lawyer's primary geographic location 96-15

paid endorsement, disclosing 98-11

paying reasonable amount for 88-19

phonebook 90-12

portrayal of clients by non-clients 95-12

pre-paid legal plan 88-5

principal place of business, disclosing 96-15

promotional materials, provided by client 99-13

providing no-cost will preparation 91-34

reasonable cost 88-33

re-enactment of scenes 95-12

referral service 93-13

referral website 2007-13

services offered (See ADVERTISING, SPECIALIZATION)

soft endorsements 90-17

soliciting adverse parties 94-1

soliciting, in person by lawyer's representative 2005-3

specialization 95-12 96-15 2001-11 2004-10 2005-14

business card 88-33

implied 89-21

listing 2012-8

Talking Yellow Pages 90-1

targeted solely to lawyers 88-18

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targeted toward parties in divorce actions 94-1

television 2003-14 2015-1

testimonials 90-17

trade name 87-22 89-21 90-1 98-17

truthfulness 89-17 96-15

use of terms

experienced 89-21

limited practice 95-12

preferred 2007-13

super lawyer 2004-10

using a 900# service 90-15 91-26

using images of celebrities 2008-1

within lawyer's primary geographic location 96-15

AFFILIATED 87-2 2001-5

APPEAL

duty to take 92-5

ARBITRATION 88-2

client, unpaid bill 2010-1

discussion of claims with arbitrator prior to proceedings 95-8

of counsel to plaintiff's firm as serving as plaintiff's arbitrator 2003-8

ASSISTED SUICIDE 2014-9

ASSOCIATED 87-2 2001-5

ATTACHMENT

disbursing funds from debtor's bank account, to client 94-9

ATTORNEY

as both lawyer and C.P.A. 87-14

as judge 87-20

as quasi-judicial official 87-20

as witness 88-35

assisting, conflict of interest of 2014-100

backup 2014-100

death of 2014-100

deceased, returning clients' property 98-7

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disbarred (See FORMERLY ADMITTED ATTORNEY)

disqualified as witness 88-35

duty to protect third party claims 90-4

duty to report knowledge of someone's failure to pay taxes 94-14

fired by client 91-25

licensed, practicing adoption law 2000-7

lien 87-1

misconduct 88-36

misconduct, duty to report 90-7

out-of-state, admitting 87-19

participating in judicial proceedings 2012-2

petition to withdraw 98-12

principal location 96-15

proprietary interest in subject matter/litigation 87-7

withdrawing from case, client unable to pay for representation 2007-2

ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY

knowledge of adverse party's failure to pay taxes 94-14

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (See also ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP)

ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP 91-30 2008-11

adverse material, limitations on 2009-9

adverse relationship created 2012-6

attorney advancing costs to client 88-16

attorney malpractice 90-2

attorney taking leave of absence 88-14

client aware attorney may be a contract lawyer 2010-4

client is an organization, guidelines 2008-8

client's actions, disclosure of 94-4

competence 2014-100

confidentiality 89-14

confidentiality, third party payments by, on behalf of client 90-8

conflict of interest 87-22 96-8 2004-12

adverse parts among clients 2009-7

concurrent 93-24

former client as opposing party 90-20

lawyer's client also employee 2002-1

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representing both insureds and being paid by insurance carriers 90-14

declining or terminating representation 91-25

disclosure 89-14

client's retainer when client files for bankruptcy 97-7

co-defendant's information 90-17

duty to inform client about arrival of attorney who formerly worked at firm of adverse party

90-18

information responsibilities when relationship terminated 93-25

malpractice 98-18

obligations after termination 93-20 93-22

potential client, duty of confidentially owed 96-2

potential for misunderstanding, when law firm begins new non-legal venture

2002-7

potential requirements for strict disclosures and waivers, when law firm begins new non-legal venture

2002-7

previously represented husband, wife now seeks representation 2001-3

proprietary interest by attorney 98-18

providing non-litigation financial assistance 2003-14

revealing client's misconduct, duty to 95-5

scope of representation 2000-8

scope of representation 89-14

suspected fraudulent by client 91-39

termination of representation 89-3

termination, remaining duty to 91-35

third-party paying for 2010-9

transactions between lawyers and clients 2002-7

when client is an entity or organization 88-8 2006-7

withdrawal by attorney 2013-5

withdrawal from case 90-2

withdrawal from case, denied by court 93-2

withdrawal from case, to avoid conflict of interest 2009-7

ATTORNEY'S LIEN 2012-10

ATTORNEY

indemnification against claims by third parties 2009-5

AUTHORIZED

impliedly 2008-10

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BEST PRACTICES 2014-100

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY 98-15

BLOGS (See also INTERNET or SOCIAL MEDIA) 2010-6

BUSINESS CARDS 88-7 88-36 88-37 91-35 91-39

96-12 96-14 99-5 2004-13 2005-14

2008-13 2011-3 2011-4 2013-5 2014-4

2014-7

CANDOR TOWARD THE TRIBUNAL 91-39

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION

receiving as fee 91-34

CHAT ROOMS 2010-6

solicitation of clients 2004-5

CHILD ADVOCATE

court appointed, ethical considerations of 2010-3

CHILD SUPPORT

arrearages and personal injury recoveries 2007-9

CHOICE OF LAW 96-13 2015-100

outside of Pennsylvania 2008-3

CLAIMS

against attorney, by third party 2009-5

consortium, explaining to all parties 98-4

third party 2016-2

CLASS MEMBERS

communication with 94-23 2006-6 2009-1

putative 2006-6 2009-1

CLIENT

consent, when required 2003-15 2003-16

ability to chose counsel of choice 89-3

adverse 87-11

adverse interests 98-16

adverse to parties represented in former form 92-14

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adverse, duty to 2012-11 2014-4

appeal not agreed upon by attorney 92-5

as both adversary and plaintiff 87-25 98-18

as customer 87-8

as entity 87-12 2006-7

as organization 87-12 2006-7

business transaction with 91-9 2001-8

capacity to make informed decisions 2007-10

chat rooms, solicitation in 2004-5

communicating with 94-12

communication 2002-8

communication with, regarding law firm 96-1

communication, by client with judge 98-12

competency 93-18

confidentiality of information, disclosure of client's actions 94-4

conflict of interest, former 92-14

conflict of interests, file contents 94-8

consent for disclosure 91-31

consent when acting as nominal plaintiff 92-4

contact with 2010-6

criminal activity by 88-24 95-18

criminal or fraudulent acts by 94-21

death of, by suicide 2014-9

death of, obligations 2008-10

death of, prior to settlement offer resolution 91-3

deceased, father's request for information from attorney 2003-11

declining or terminating employment 92-7

diminished capacity 2008-10 2009-11 2014-9

diminished mental capacity, declining or terminating representation

95-1

direct contact with perspective clients 2010-12

disclosure to, participation by lawyer in other related matters 89-16

disclosures of facts to other in order to get paid 95-2

dishonesty of 2009-9

dispute with 93-21

duty to alert them to the possible consequences of their actions 89-13

duty to defend 2008-11

duty to defend, scope of 2008-11

duty to disclose criminal activity of 88-24

elderly and with memory issues, duty of confidentiality 2007-10

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elderly and with memory issues, informed consent 2007-10

evidence, duty to share 94-15

ex parte communications with judge, without attorney's knowledge

95-14a

false information from, estate settlement 2001-2

false statements by 95-3 2005-15

false stories 90-13

fees, contingent v. standard 2001-1

fees, excessive 2011-1

files, confidentiality of 87-9

files, returning when abandoned by other attorney 95-6

financed by third party 2013-8

financial assistance 91-9

financial assistance for non-litigation, provided by attorney 2003-14

financial assistance to 87-7

financial assistance to, exceptions 2011-6

financial interest in 2004-13

firing attorney 88-4

former 87-1

accepting case against 2007-11

confidential information 2013-6

conflict of interest 92-14 96-8

crime by, releasing files 94-2

disclosing that current client may have lied in testimony against former client

95-4

dispute with 93-21

duties to 90-6 93-25 94-17 95-21 2005-12

2007-11 2013-6 2014-1 2014-4 2014-7

2016-3

duty to disclose 92-7

false statements made by 89-15

file return 93-20

fraudulent estate matter 2004-2

informed consent 94-11

permission to represent see informed consent 2013-1

representing new client against 92-7

suits against 2006-1

use of confidential information in pursuit of suit against 2006-8

fraud 91-35 93-14 97-8 2005-15

fraud by, duty to determine 98-5

fraud, duty to disclose 91-22

fraud, duty to inform client not to pursue fraudulent claim 91-22

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fraudulent activity 88-39

fraudulent activity 2004-12

fraudulent activity by 88-24

fraudulent activity by, disclosure 88-7

funds, distributing when client opposed 90-9

HIV status, disclosure of 95-19

husband and wife; wife claims attorney of dual representation 93-8

identity, revealing of 90-13

immigration law, failure to disclose prior arrest 2002-3

impaired capacity to make decisions, obtaining guardian for 92-16

inactive, files of 88-17

incarcerated, receiving worker's compensation 94-21

information

consent 88-38

disclosure of 87-9 92-22 93-20

disclosure of, permission needed 87-12

disclosures, required 91-30

maintaining files on 88-17

revealing 88-38

sharing of, prohibition on 93-20 93-22

informed consent, required prior to releasing client information 2006-4

investigation done by third party without defense counsel's knowledge

2001-10

lawyer-provided computer and internet services to, conflict of interest

2002-5

lending money to by third party 99-8

literary rights of 2004-13

loan to 87-7

loyalty to 89-16 93-11

media rights of 2004-13

minor, parent wants case withdrawn 96-3

misconduct 88-10

misconduct by, after lawyer's fee paid 95-5

misconduct by, duty to disclose 2014-7

misconduct of 89-14 95-18

misconduct of, duty to report 89-14

missing, duty to locate 98-4

misuse of funds 90-19

new, representing in same matter as former client 2002-2

non-solicitation restriction clauses, prohibitions on 2003-9

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obtaining consent from, to reveal opposing party's misconduct 96-6

obtaining indemnification from 98-16

organizational, duty to report fraud of individual employee 95-15

outside of Pennsylvania, solicitation 2008-3

payment 93-23

previously represented husband, wife now seeks divorce representation

2001-3

pro se 2011-100

proprietary interest in cause of action 91-9

prospective, communication with 2002-9

prospective, direct contact with 88-27

prospective, duties to 2013-1

prospective, duty of confidentiality 96-2

prospective, duty to 2008-10

providing financial assistance to 88-16

providing financial assistance to, prohibitions on 95-10

referral fees, objected to by client 91-21

relationship with see attorney-client relationship with 2013-5

representing party adverse to client's interests 90-12

representing, diligence 2010-9

representing, duty of loyalty 2010-9

representing, guardian of an incompetent's estate 2009-11

requesting law firm to be its sole client 96-4

retaining, when lawyer leaves firm 92-8

revealing identity 91-31

rights to determine who will represent 92-8

scope of representation 2008-11

settlement offer, without client's consent 94-25

settlement offer, without client's consent 91-3

solicitation of 2010-6

solicitation, improper 92-8

solicitation, names provided by third party 98-3

solicitation, on internet and social media sites 98-6

suspected fraudulent activity 88-39

threatening attorney 2008-14

transactions with, full disclosure 95-7

transactions with, full disclosure 99-4

transferred, conflict of interests 98-7

truthfulness 96-12

unable to locate, duty to file summons to toll statute of limitations

94-10 98-8

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unable to pay for representation, ability to withdraw from case 2007-2

whereabouts, duty to disclose 91-23

with diminished capacity 2013-6

CLINIC

use of name in firm Name 87-22

CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT

Pennsylvania 2010-14

COLLECTIONS

services provided by lawyer, prohibitions on 2005-8

COMMUNICATIONS 2000-12 2013-8 88-14 93-18 94-25

94-11

circumstances beyond attorney's control 97-2

client, with judge 98-12

concerning a lawyer's services 87-27 87-28 88-5 88-18 88-19

88-27 88-33 91-32 92-21 93-29

95-20 2000-12 2002-9 2004-8 2004-10

2004-7

employees of organizational defendants, ethics of 97-6

ex parte 94-22 95-14a 97-6

ex parte, defined 98-15

false or misleading, prohibition of 88-27 91-2 2007-13

fields of practice and specialization 87-27 88-19 88-27 88-33 93-16

former employees of adverse party, with 93-9

informing lawyer that client is seeking new representation 2004-1

lawyer leaves firm 92-8

lawyer's limit of practice 2015-100

non-client, conflict of interest, with 2005-9

opposing party without lawyer's consent 97-6

out-of-state clients, with 2007-4

person represented by counsel, with 88-30 88-37 90-21 91-32 93-19

94-22 97-9 98-6 98-19 2003-5

2005-6 2008-6 2009-1 2014-3

represented party, father of minor client 96-3

settlement 2000-8

terminating representation 94-8

truthfulness of 97-14

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unrepresented person, with 2014-3

waived by all parties 95-8

COMPENSATION

from party other than client 88-38

in-house counsel, professional independence of lawyer 93-1

rules on accepting 91-3

COMPETENCE 2000-12 2014-5

COMPUTER-AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH, COST OF 87-23

CONDUCT PREJUDICIAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 91-33

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION 87-4 87-12 88-7 88-10 88-13

88-22 88-23 88-24 88-32 88-36

88-39 89-8 90-17 90-23 91-23

91-29 91-30 91-32 91-35 92-22

93-12 93-14 93-18 93-20 93-22

93-25 93-28 95-18 95-19 96-8

96-14 97-9 97-12 98-22 99-14

2000-4 2000-6 2001-5 2004-7 2004-8

2004-11 2004-13 2007-5 2007-10 2008-9

2008-10 2008-13 2009-9 2009-11 2011-3

2011-4 2012-11 2013-5 2013-6 2014-1

2014-4 2014-6 2014-9 2015-6 2016-3

adverse parties 93-12

client, being lent money by third party 99-8

client, for use in fund-raising operation 2006-4

currently represented party seeking new counsel 2004-1

deceased client 91-4

disclosure of facts in order to get paid 95-2

disclosure, client's actions 94-4

disclosure, client's correspondence 2008-14

disclosure, client's fraud 97-8

disclosure, permissive 95-4

duty to maintain confidential information unless client gives permission

92-6

exceptions to 2014-7

files, examining to determine client's pertinent information 95-6

from former client, right to use 2006-8

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orders of the court, complying with 94-7

potential exposure to future actions 2005-5

revealing information to adverse party 89-13

right to use, in wrongful termination suit 99-6

sharing with other client in similar matter 2004-11

waiving 2008-10

CONFIDENTIALITY

client deceased, father requests information from attorney 2003-11

client information, prohibition on revealing 91-9 94-7

client-lawyer relationship 89-14

disclosure of, prohibitions on 2000-5

of counsel to more than one firm 89-19

waiver of 88-22

when client is an entity or organization 2006-7

with client, of settlements received by third party 92-2 97-1

CONFLICT OF INTEREST 87-4 87-8 87-10 87-11 87-14

87-25 88-8 88-32 88-34 88-38

91-30 93-27 93-29 94-17 94-20

95-21 98-16 98-18 99-5 2004-8

2004-11 2006-1 2007-13 2008-10 2010-6

2013-3 2014-1 2015-6

arbitration, of counsel to plaintiff's firm serving as plaintiff's arbitrator

2003-8

attorney's mother as beneficiary of alleged incompetent's will 2002-6

attorneys within same organization representing opposing parties

89-29

between member and of counsel 91-33

board of directors, member and director representing clients 89-29

client 94-23 2006-3

adverse 89-24 2001-1

adverse, prohibitions on representing 89-27

attorney also representing potentially adverse third parties 2009-3

between client-attorney 87-22

competing 2014-1

concurrent 2011-6 2012-10

current 87-25 88-5 88-12 88-16 88-26

93-18 93-27 97-13 2000-4 2001-8

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2004-13 2005-12 2009-7 2011-3 2012-11

former 88-11 93-12 95-21 2016-3

former, now representing at new firm 2007-11

from referral agency 2010-12

"hot potato" rule 2009-4

in matters outside of Pennsylvania 2008-3

partner's 2014-1

potential 2002-7

present and former, between 94-11

representation, now adverse to firm's interests 2012-6

representing adverse party 90-12

within same firm 93-12

dual roles within non-profit 96-11

employment, government employee seeking to return to private practice

2005-4

financial interest in case 2006-1

former attorney joins firm of adverse party 90-18

government officers and employees, current and former 2010-14

husband and wife divorcing; non-divorce attorney previously represented husbanded in non-marital matter

93-8

immigration law, lawyer's client also employee 2002-1

imputation of 89-27 93-29 2000-4 2002-9 2005-12

2005-16 2010-14

informed consent 2009-4

in-house counsel 94-11

in-house counsel, client loyalty issue of 93-1

law firm, merging 2001-4

lawyer representing both one parent and custody evaluator in same matter

2004-4

lawyer who is also a physician, referral fees 2003-7

lawyer, dual role of elected county office and law practice 2012-2

lawyer-provided computer and internet services to, prohibitions on

2002-5

members 2001-5

need for system in place to avoid 90-15

non-waivable 93-24 2002-7 2004-11

of counsel to more than one firm 89-19

partner, former 89-30

prohibited transactions 93-10 95-7 99-4

referral fees, sharing 99-1

representing

additional client in same matter 87-16

adverse clients within same firm 89-27

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both insureds and being paid by insurance carriers 90-14

insurance company-insureds 2010-9

other client or third party, with potentially conflicting interests 91-21

specific rules 88-26 88-2

taking a proprietary in cause of action being conducted for client 94-13

taking action against former client at former firm on behalf of new client at new firm

90-6

waiving, for referral fees 2008-4

witness firm owned by family member 97-13

CONFLICT

concurrent, proposed indemnification for settlement 2011-6

lawyer as publicly elected official 2012-2

waiver 2012-11

CONFUSING OR MISREPRESENTING SERVICES TO CLIENT

communications, by formerly admitted attorney 2012-3

CONSENT (See INFORMED CONSENT)

CONTINGENCY PLANNING 2014-100

CONTRACT LAWYER (See SUBORDINATE LAWYER)

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (CSA) 2015-100

COPYRIGHT

work for hire, created when performing work for client 92-6

COUNSEL

listed by third party as counsel of record, remedial action 92-17

CREDIT CARD

pay fees with 2000-10

CREDITORS

informed consent, need to obtain 2005-8

CROWDFUNDING 2015-100

DEBTOR'S BANK ACCOUNT

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client's interest in, validity of 94-9

DECLINING OR TERMINATING REPRESENTATION 87-1 87-10 87-17 88-4 88-22

88-39 89-22 90-13 90-25 91-22

91-23 91-35 91-37 98-5 98-22

2000-12 2008-9 2008-11 2008-14 2009-9

2011-3 2011-4 2014-6 2016-3

after trail court denied leave to withdraw 92-5

avoiding conflict of interest rules 2009-4

client

unable to pay for representation 2007-2

dissatisfied 2004-1

unable to locate 94-10 98-8

obligation to continue to communicate with client 2008-9 2008-14

obligation to maintain confidentiality 2008-9 2008-14

when party becomes adversary 95-11

DEFENSE (ABSOLUTE, COMPLETE OR FULL)

obtaining ethical waiver for 2005-5 2005-5supp

DEPOSITION

in need of remediation 2000-5

lie detection software, use of 2000-1

DILIGENCE 88-14 89-14 2000-12

DIRECT MAIL (See also ADVERTISING) 88-25

DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY 2015-100

choice of law 96-12

DISCIPLINARY COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Waiver requirement 2008-12

DISCLOSURE 93-14

abusive, defined 2006-8

arbitration, of counsel to plaintiff's firm serving as plaintiff's arbitrator

2003-8

client aware doctor being sued will recover funds 92-4

client-lawyer relationship 89-14

confidential facts, duty to disclose 2004-7

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confidential information regarding actions of client prior to her role as executrix

2007-8

confidential information regarding executor's actions 93-5

criminal conviction of principal of client to potential customer of client

99-13

criminal or fraudulent act, by client 91-23

department of public welfare, of clients who have received settlements

92-2 97-1

estate administration 2010-2

failure to disclose prior arrest, immigration law 2002-3

first party insurers, fraud 93-6

former client fraud information, to new attorney 94-2

full 87-4 87-8 93-25

impliedly authorized 91-22 91-19

misconduct by client, after lawyer's fee paid 95-5

obtaining client's permission when copyrighting work created while working for client

92-6

of former client's false statements to client's new counsel 89-15

of mistakes or errors, duty to advise 2005-2

prohibition against information that can be used to client's disadvantage

94-11

retainer amount for client filing for bankruptcy 97-7

settlements, duty to disclose client's settlement in pending criminal matter

97-5

to former client, representing new client in same matter 2002-2

voluntarily disclosing client information to court 91-23

wills and estates information, to non-named survivor 2007-6

wills and estates, disclosing information to court and other beneficiaries

2002-6 2008-9

DISCRETE TASK REPRESENTATION

ethics of 2011-100

DISQUALIFICATION 94-20 2006-1

DISTRIBUTION 2016-5

DIVORCE

emails of opposing party obtained by client 2008-2

fees deducted from marital assets 90-15

husband previously represented by attorney in non-marital matter

93-8

husband-wife, previous representation 90-20 2001-3

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lawyer representing both one parent and custody evaluator in same matter

2004-4

representing , considerations 88-11

DOCUMENTS

sent by opposing party to plaintiff's counsel not court 2003-1

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

note, judgment, or mortgage to secure fees 94-13

DUAL PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS INTERESTS

ethical considerations of 90-13

nonlawyer, working with 90-13

providing legal advice at a "non-law" firm 90-13

DUTY

confidentiality, prospective client 96-2

to former clients 88-11 89-8 89-24 93-29 94-30

2008-10 2013-4 2013-6

to report suspicious activity 2013-6

to reveal information after representing client 93-14

when fired by client 90-25

ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF NON-LAWYERS

interfering with servicing client 2004-3

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 2010-6

when attorney departs 99-100 2007-300 2013-4

ELECTRONIC MEDIA (See also SOCIAL MEDIA) 2012-8

EMAILS

use of by opposing party, obtained by client 2008-2

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT 90-10a 90-10b

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION

privileged information, limitations on 99-6

EMPLOYMENT

government official, seeking to return to private practice 2005-4

ENDORSEMENTS

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celebrities 2008-1

internet, prohibitions on 2007-7

ESCROW ACCOUNT 88-6 90-4 91-6 91-40 96-6

98-19 2003-4 2013-4 2016-2

agent 2016-2

attach the proceeds 2012-10

contesting decision to disburse funds from 89-4

disposition of settlement funds possibly received in error 2006-2

disputed funds 2012-10

duty to disburse funds from 89-4

maintenance, former client 94-2

third party right to funds 2007-8

third party right to funds for taxes 93-5

using funds to pay client's arbitration bill from 2010-1

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

full disclosure of information, required 2010-2

identity of the administrator 2001-2

identity of the client 93-5

identity of the client 2007-8

referral fees, for benefit of the estate 2008-5

ESTATE

not opened prior to settlement 2001-2

ETHICS OF

discrete task representation 2011-100

dual professional and business interests, ethical considerations of 90-13

duties to former clients 88-11 89-8 89-24 93-29 94-30

2008-8 2013-4 2013-6

duty of confidentially, client, prospective, duty to 96-2

duty to report suspicious activity 2013-6

duty to reveal information after representing client 93-14

internet and social media 98-6

lie detection software 2000-1

short-term limited legal services 2011-100

unbundling legal services 2011-100

EVALUATION FOR USE BY THIRD PERSON 2010-9

EVIDENCE

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admissibility 2001-10

false, duty to disclose 2004-12

inadvertently obtained 94-15

methods of obtaining 89-2

paying for 89-2

prohibitions on destruction 89-13

questionably obtained 89-13

surveillance 2001-10

using social to media to obtain 2009-2

EX PARTE COMMUNICATION 2003-5 2009-1 2014-3

parties not related to current matter 89-6

EXECUTOR/EXECUTRIX

appointment of father to deceased son's estate, in order to obtain confidential information

2003-11

client avoiding responsibilities 93-5 2007-8

diminished mental capacity 95-1

improper action by 2008-9

lawyer's fiduciary responsibilities, referral fees 2008-5

wrongdoing by, duty to disclose 2004-2

EXPENSES

recovering 2016-5

reimbursed 2016-5

EXPERT WITNESS

compensation 2014-2

preparation 2014-2

FACEBOOK (See also SOCIAL MEDIA) 2014-5 2012-8

FAILURE

disclose information 2008-13

to supervise 2010-9

FAIRNESS TO OPPOSING PARTY AND COUNSEL 97-9 93-27 94-27 95-19 99-5

2008-13 2014-5

FALSE

evidence, client provided, lawyer's responsibility 95-3

misleading communication 93-13

statements 2011-4

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FEES (See also REFERRAL FEES)

agreement 87-23

arrangement 2001-9 2011-7 2013-8

awarded as sanctions 95-14

charitable contribution 91-34

client knowledge of 87-24

client refuses to pay, withdrawal from case 93-2

clients, obtaining informed consent 91-5

communicating clearly 90-15

compensation from party other than client 93-7

contingent 88-4 2016-1

awarded as sanctions 95-14

agreement 93-11

graduated 93-10

impermissible examples 88-16

palimony 90-14

prohibitions on 90-15 2001-9

prohibitions on sharing with nonlawyer 2001-7

standard hourly rate, asking client to choose 2001-1

deducting from

escrow account 92-20

from marital assets 90-15

proceeds 92-20

discounting for new or returning clients 92-12

dispute 88-2 91-35 91-37 91-40

distribution 2007-14

dividing 87-11

dividing with

corporation unauthorized to practice law 90-3

disbarred or suspended attorney 89-26

estate of attorney who referred clients during his lifetime 92-1

former associate 89-28

nonlawyer 89-26 90-3 90-13

other party 95-20

referring lawyer 2005-16

entering into arrangements 93-10

entitled to, permissible actions 91-33

excessive 88-4

flat 87-22

for legal services 87-23

from

collection agency or service 87-3

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crowdfunding 2015-6

nonlawyer professionals 2008-7

party other than client 88-38

third party funding sources 2013-8

generated by contract lawyer 2010-4

hourly 87-22

in exchange for charitable contribution 91-34

installment 94-13

judgment notes, agreed to by client 91-5

litigation expense 87-23

nonlawyer, splitting with 93-7

obligations to split with prior attorney who withdrew from case 2011-1

owed by client 91-40

owed by client 90-23

owed to formerly admitted attorney 2016-1

paid by credit card 2000-10

pre-paid legal plan 99-12 2012-7

prohibition on 87-3

provided by doctor whom plaintiff is taking action against 92-4

reduced 2011-100

referrals 87-11 93-15 94-23 2015-2

attorney's ability to maintain independence 91-24

by disqualified attorney 89-23

client aware of 2001-11

conflict of interest 91-21

excessively large 91-21

for member of district attorneys office or public defenders office

93-3

for unfinished business at time of referring attorney's death 2000-100

from adverse party 2000-100

impact on attorney-client relationship 2005-17

improper 2000-100

objected to by client 2005-16

paid to estate of attorney who referred clients during his lifetime

2000-100

paid to estate of deceased sole practitioner 92-1 2000-100

from non-lawyers 92-1

rules 97-4

sharing with lawyer in another firm 98-7

sharing with nonlawyer 92-12

retaining client files in order to collect 90-10b

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sharing 87-24

among Pennsylvania and non-Pennsylvania lawyers 2010-7

deceased attorney's widow 89-5

disclosure of, when selling law firm to another lawyer 96-1

nonlawyer 87-3 87-14 89-1 2001-7 2010-7

nonlawyer, prohibitions on 2004-3

obtaining clients' consent 89-12

of counsel 93-17

original attorney 89-12

out of state 93-17

unethical 90-3

with nonlawyer 92-19

splitting 87-3 88-32 2006-3

client wishes to withdraw from case 2011-1

non-attorney 87-6 93-15 98-1 2010-12

nonlawyer 88-26 2000-11

suing client over 91-37

third party

payments by, on behalf of client 89-7 90-8

paying attorney's fee 2008-7

unpaid 87-1

unreasonable 88-4

FICTITIOUS NAME 91-2

FIELD OF PRACTICE (See also ADVERTISING, specialization) 87-2 2001-5

FILES

abandoned by their attorney, duty to return to clients 95-6

duty to return 90-10b

reasonable steps to take when ending representation 94-12

releasing to new attorney, fraud information 94-2

restricted, screening 98-10

restricted, securing 98-10

retaining in order to collect unpaid fee 90-10b

turning over when activity is questionable 94-12

turning over when client has been dishonest 2009-9

withholding until payment of fees 89-3

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CLIENT 93-15 2011-6

FIRM NAMES AND LETTERHEADS 87-2 87-18 88-19 88-22 88-32

91-2 93-29 94-26 95-17 2001-5

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2006-3 2010-6 2014-8

FIRST PARTY INSURERS

duty of disclosure, reporting fraud 93-6

FOREIGNER

licensed to practice in home country, certification of 2003-12

FORMER JUDGE, ARBITRATOR, MEDIATOR OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY NEUTRAL

88-28 98-10

FORMERLY ADMITTED ATTORNEY 2016-1

communications confusing or misrepresenting services to client 2012-3

contact with 2007-14

fees owed for prior work 2016-1 2007-14

fees owed for unrelated work 2007-14

permitted activities 2005-10 2007-3 2007-14 2016-4

referral fees, sharing 99-1

request to practice as "non-attorney" representative for clients of government agency

2012-3

directly supervised by a member in good standing the bar of the commonwealth

2005-10

Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule 217 2005-10

FRAUD

by client, duty to report 2005-15

by employee of organizational client, duty to report 95-15

duty to report 93-6

medical claims by client 93-14

releasing file to former client 94-2

suspected by opposing counsel 2005-7

FUNDING

use of outside funding company to cover litigation expenses 2003-15

FUNDS

advancing to client by attorney 87-7 87-17 87-19

claims against 2000-3 2003-4

client's 2016-2

held separate from attorney 96-7

possibly received in error 2006-2

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third party hold claims to 90-9

commingling 96-7

disputes

between client and third party 2010-1

between client and third party

between client and third party 94-24

duty to keep in escrow account 99-2

distribution 2007-12

client opposed 90-9

disputing 88-6

escrow 90-9

failure to keep in escrow 98-16

misuse of, by client 90-19

nonqualified 91-6 2015-1

notification of receipt of 88-6

notification of receipt of, to client or third party 90-16

notifying third party of 99-10

obligation to disburse to client 94-9

operating account 96-7

qualified 91-6 2015-1

received by client without third party's knowledge, duty to report 92-2 97-1

refusal to disburse 91-37

releasing 99-10 2009-10

rights to 90-16

rule 1.15 funds 2012-10 2015-1

safekeeping 88-6 2013-4

source of, prohibitions on 2015-6

subrogation, from 90-4

when to release 90-9

withholding 90-4

GIFTS

charitable contribution in exchange for performing legal matter 91-34

for referrals, prohibitions on 93-26

GOVERNMENT OFFICER

defined 2010-14

GUARDIAN

ad litem, removal of 94-18

fraud by, duty to disclose 95-11

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guardian ad litems, considerations for attorney 2010-3

removal of 94-18

HEARSAY

opposing party, cxception to 2003-5

HIV STATUS

client, disclosure of 95-19

"HOT POTATO" RULE 2009-4

IMMIGRATION LAW

client, failure to disclose prior arrest 2002-3

federal practice in pennsylvania, not admitted to pennsylvania bar

2004-6

representation, lawyer's client also employee 2002-1

IMPARTIALITY AND DECORUM OF THE TRIBUNAL 87-26 88-1

IMPUTATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST 89-27 93-29 2000-4 2002-9 2005-12

2005-16 2010-14

INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATION 2013-8

INFORMATION RELATING TO THE REPRESENTATION OF A CLIENT 88-13

INFORMED CONSENT 93-25 2005-6 2006-3 2007-5 2007-11

2007-13 2010-9 2013-1 2013-5 2014-6

2015-6

client, approval that attorney may be a contract lawyer 2010-4

clients from deceased sole practitioner 97-4 98-7

from client 97-12

informing client of firm's potential to represent third parties 2009-3

previous client in order to represent new client 90-6

required prior to releasing client information 2006-4

waiver 2005-5 2005-5supp

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL 87-25

maintaining professional independence 93-1

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rights of insured cannot be subordinated to interests of counsel's employer

94-11

INSURANCE COVERAGE

dual policies, conflict of interest 2000-2

INTEREST ON TRUST LAWYER ACCOUNT (IOTLA) 91-6 99-10 2009-10 2015-1

INTEREST

as in a legal share or right 2003-4

INTERNET (See also: SOCIAL MEDIA)

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS

dealing in 2015-2

JUDGE, ARBITRATOR, MEDIATOR OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY NEUTRAL

disqualifying 91-33

divestment 88-28

financial activity 88-28

financial interest in law firm 88-28

former, seeking employment in non-governmental area of law 2005-4

improperly influencing 88-1

practice of law 88-28

JUDGMENT CREDITOR, Pennsylvania law, disbursing of funds from 94-9

JURIS DOCTOR

formerly admitted attorney, use of J.D. 2005-10

JURISDICTION 87-2 2001-5

rules, out-of-area offices 2014-8

JURORS

contact with after trial 87-26

post-trial contact with 91-27

LAW FIRM

merging, detecting conflict of interest 2001-4

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notifying new customers when it starts a new business 2002-7

sale of 96-1

tarting a new business, non-legal related 2002-7

LAW PRACTICE

sale of 2014-100

practice of 87-21

LAWYER

adverse to former client, pursuing action 2006-8

agreement not to report attorney misconduct as part of settlement of lawsuit brought against attorney for professional malfeasance

97-12

as "legal consultant" 2003-12

as attorney for corporation 95-16

as client, diminished mental capacity 95-1

as executor 2013-6

as witness 88-35 89-8 89-30

assisting nonlawyer unauthorized practice of law 2012-9

associate in one firm, self-employed as well 2004-8

communication, impliedly authorized to disclose statements 94-8

declining or terminating employment 92-16 92-17 99-100 2007-300

departing the firm 92-8 94-30 99-100 2007-300 2013-4

communication with employees at former firm 99-100 2007-300

duty owed to clients 99-100 2007-300

general rule 99-100 2007-300

post-employment restrictions 99-100 2007-300

protecting the difficult client 99-100 2007-300

responsibilities of former firm 99-100 2007-300

restrictions on practice 89-3 90-10a

retaining clients 89-3

retaining clients 90-10a

retaining lien of former firm 99-100 2007-300

taking clients 99-100 2007-300

direct contact with prospective clients 97-11

doing work as collections agent 2005-8

dual professions, referral fees 2003-7

dual roles within non-profit 96-11

duty to disclose non-client whereabouts 2004-13

employed as attorney at engineering consulting firm 89-1

employed as insurance agent 2003-16

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foreigner, licensed to practice in home country, certification of 2003-12

immigration law, client fails to disclose prior arrest 2002-3

improper cost practices, duty to report 2003-14

independence 91-28 2002-9

independence of when third party pays fees 92-4 1992

independence, importance of maintaining 2001-11

in-house counsel for outside firms 89-1

knowingly making false statements, prohibitions on 89-17

law firm employment contract 89-3

law firm employment contract 90-10a

making physical or verbal threats, duty to report 92-8

misconduct, duty to report 92-17

mother's beneficial interest in will 2002-6

non-compete contracts, validity of 96-5 2003-9

not admitted in Pennsylvania, limitations on participating in non-judicial alternative dispute resolution

2003-13

obligation, to report opposing counsel to disciplinary board 95-13

owing corporation that performs legal services 97-11

Pennsylvania barred, practicing outside of Pennsylvania 2007-4

personal independence of 2010-12 2014-8

providing clients with computers and internet services, conflict of interest

2002-5

providing nonlegal services to client, client is an organization 2008-8

reciprocity 2005-14

reporting misconduct 95-13

representing multiple clients within same organization 96-11

responsibilities to former clients and other third persons 2013-3

responsibility for nonlawyer's conduct 97-3

responsibility for representing client's best interests 2001-4

restricting right to practice, as part of a settlement 95-13

retainer, disbursement 2013-4

retaining clients, when leaves firm 92-8

revealing misconduct to be compliant with rule 3.3 95-11

settlement offer that violates rules of professional conduct 95-13

simultaneously running a business, considerations of and prohibitions on

92-13

soliciting business, prohibitions on 88-35 92-13 97-11

subordinate 2000-8

succession planning 2014-100

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supervising paralegal 90-5

technological skills 2014-5

threatens criminal charges 89-17

unrepresented parties, giving advice to 89-17

LEAVE OF ABSENCE 88-14

LEGAL ADVICE

interpretation of 87-21

LEGAL SERVICES PLAN

members as clients 87-12

LEGAL STUDENT (See also NONLAWYER or PARALEGAL) 87-6

LETTERHEAD 87-2 87-5 87-22 88-32 90-24

91-2 93-29 94-26 2001-5 2005-14

2010-6 2014-8

as "legal consultant" 2003-12

associate in one firm, self-employed as well 2004-8

attorney coming out of retirement 2005-13

firms members associated with, clearly listing all 2006-3

misleading information 89-17

nonlawyer's names listed 87-18

LETTERS

negative opinion 90-16

LICENSING

Pennsylvania Bar rules 2005-14 2006-5 2011-5

LIE DETECTION SOFTWARE

ethical use of 2000-1

LIEN 87-1 91-6 2000-3

child support, medical 2007-9

subrogation 90-4

LIMITED SCOPE ENGAGEMENTS 2005-6 2011-100

LINKEDIN (See SOCIAL MEDIA)

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LITIGATION

privileged information from former client, limitations on 2006-8

privileged information opposing party, emails 2008-2

LOYALTY 93-27

MALPRACTICE 98-18

insurance, considerations for contract attorney 2010-4

duty to inform 91-29

duty to inform clients about possible 90-2

MARIJUANA-RELATED BUSINESS 2015-100

MEDIA RIGHTS OF CLIENT (See also CLIENT) 2004-13

MERITORIOUS CLAIMS AND CONTENTIONS 91-39

MISCONDUCT 87-28 88-1 88-36 90-21 90-24

93-16 93-28 94-23 97-12 2002-4

2002-9 2008-6 2008-12 2014-5

duty to report 88-10 88-22 88-23

actual, not suspected 90-7 97-3

by attorney 88-36 99-14

by entity represented by lawyer 2006-7

opposing counsel, duty to report to the disciplinary board 2008-12

reporting 90-7 88-36 2000-12 2012-4

MISLEADING STATEMENTS

advertising, avoidance of 2007-7

MISREPRESENTATION

prohibitions against 94-11

MISTAKES (ERRORS) OF LAW

duty to advise 2005-2

MOTION TO DISQUALIFY 88-37

MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE OF LAW 2003-13 2007-4 2015-100

admitted in federal court but not Pennsylvania 2004-6 2005-14 2006-5

MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION

additional client in same matter 87-16

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client loyalty 93-1

conflict of interest 97-2

obtaining client's permission 95-9

representing 2005-5 2005-5supp

NECESSARY WITNESS 88-35

NEGATIVE OPINION LETTER 94-23

NONADEMPTION

estate administration, full disclosure 2010-2

NON-ATTORNEY (See also FORMERLY ADMITTED ATTORNEY or NONLAWYER)

unauthorized practice of law 94-29

NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT FOR ATTORNEY 2003-9

NON-LAW FIRM EMPLOYERS

lawyers duty to supervise 98-1

lawyers, restrictive covenants 96-5 2003-9

NONLAWYER 88-15 90-24 92-22

advertising 92-21 2014-8

as advocates, supervision of and permitted activities 2012-1

as litigant 93-19

assistants, responsibilities 87-21

assisting 88-15 90-24 92-22

attorney's responsibility to 97-14

attorney's supervision of 97-14

compensation of in proposed law firm 2004-3

duty to preserve confidentiality 94-7

employed or retained by or associated with a lawyer 2001-10

fees 2016-1

letterhead, names listed 87-18

limitations on 2014-8

officer titles 2014-8

oversight of 88-15 90-24 92-22

prohibition on ownership interests 2014-8

referral fees 93-3

representing a client 2012-9

responsibilities 88-15 90-24 92-22 93-29 2001-10

2014-8

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splitting fees with 88-26 93-7

NON-LEGAL SERVICES

duty to distinguish 99-12 2012-7

NON-REPRESENTED PERSON

communication with 93-19

NON-WAIVABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST

law firm serving potentially adverse clients 2009-3

OBLIGATION AFTER DEATH OF CLIENT 2007-6

OF COUNSEL 88-32

to more than one firm 89-19

OFFICE SIGNS 2005-14

OPPOSING COUNSEL 94-20

duty to inform 91-19 2007-5 2008-13

duty to inform parties payments possibly 2006-2

fairness to 2008-13

misconduct, knowledge of received via inadvertent fax 96-6

obstructing another party's access to evidence or witnesses 95-13

seeking permission to begin settlement negotiations 98-2

suspected of committing fraud 2005-7

threatens lawyer with ethical violation 94-3

OPPOSING PARTY

communications with 88-30 94-20 94-22

ORGANIZATION AS CLIENT 88-8 95-16 2013-3

providing nonlegal services to organization 2008-8

OUT-OF-AREA OFFICES 2014-8

PARALEGAL (See also LEGAL STUDENT or NONLAWYER) 97-14

duties of, responsibility for 90-5

permitted actions by 90-5

supervision of 93-7

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PARTNER

as witness 89-30

former, as witness 89-30

disbanded, fiduciary responsibility to 96-14

non-resident 94-16

out of state, practicing in pennsylvania 94-16

PATENT NOTICE LETTER 2012-11

PAYMENT

contingent upon outcome 93-23

PENNSYLVANIA CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION ACT 98-18

PENNSYLVANIA DISCIPLINARY BOARD

duty to disclose suspected fraud 2005-7

PERJURY

how to correct 95-3

PERSONAL INTEREST CONFLICT 2013-3

PETITION FOR INTERPLEADER 2007-14

PHONE CARDS

pre-paid, distributing 95-10

PLAINTIFF

nominal 92-4

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC)

payments from 95-2

PRACTICE OF LAW

in Pennsylvania with non-Pennsylvania partners 94-16

PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS

advertising, in person 2005-3

PREPAID LEGAL SERVICES PLAN

disclosure of economic interest 99-12 2012-7

unauthorized practice of law 2012-7

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PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS

inadvertently received 94-3

right to use in wrongful termination suit 99-6 2006-8

PRO BONO

ethical responsibilities of 93-16

PRO HAC VICE 87-19 2009-1

PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF A LAWYER 93-26

PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT

reporting of 93-28

PROHIBITION

contingent fee 2001-9 2011-7

PROPERTY

safekeeping 87-1 91-6 99-10 2009-10 2015-6

2016-2 2016-5

third party interest in 91-6

QUALIFIED FUNDS

defined 2009-10

QUANTUM MERUIT 87-11

RECOMMENDATIONS 93-26

RECORDS

inadvertently received 94-3

REFERRAL FEES 87-11 93-13 93-15

adverse to client's interests 90-12

conflict of interest, lawyer representing multiple parties 2008-4

dispute, sharing 99-1 99-2

from

collection agency 2005-8

lawyer who is also a physician 2003-7

non-attorneys 2015-2

psychologist 91-28

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limits on 91-28

non-acceptance when conflict of interest arises 2004-2

nonlawyer, sharing 93-3

notifying parties know who is making payment 2008-7

paid to estate of deceased sole practitioner 97-4

requested by attorney who is also executor of estate 2008-5

to

disbarred or suspended attorney 2003-14

non-lawyers 95-10 90-3

REFERRAL

services 93-26 2007-13

entity owned by attorney 90-13

via unethical solicitation 2010-12

REIMBURSEMENTS 88-16

REPORTING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS 93-28

REPORTING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT 2003-14

REPRESENTATION

both one parent and custody evaluator, same lawyer 2004-4

child advocate, clearly stating for whom counsel is acting 2010-3

client in matter unrelated to case where the client was a witness and one party is represented by inquirer

93-27

client who may have been a party to a past fraud 91-39

client, communication with non-client 2005-9

general and individual, distinguishing between 2004-7

ghostwriting 2011-100

new clients in same matter as former client 2002-2

scope of 2015-100

undisclosed 2011-100

withdrawing from 88-4

REPRESENTED PARTIES

advertising, mail 94-1

asking for second opinion 91-32

REPRESENTING DIFFERENT CLIENT IN SAME MATTER 93-21 93-25

REPRESENTING MULTIPLE PARTIES 87-4

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RESEARCH

legal, computer-aided, cost of 87-23

RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF THIRD PERSON 2013-4 2014-3

RESPONSIBILITIES

nonlawyer assistance 92-21 93-29 2010-12

nonlegal services 2003-16

nonlegal services, for client which is an organization 2008-8

partners, managers and supervisory lawyers 93-29

subordinate lawyer 94-25

RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHT TO PRACTICE 87-24 91-36

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 96-5 2003-9

RETAINER 2015-6

client declares bankruptcy 97-7

lawyer departs 2013-4

refundable, treatment of 96-7

RETAINING FORMER CLIENTS 94-30 2013-4

RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

lawyer's responsibility to report violations of 2000-12

Pennsylvania 2010-7

contract attorney 2010-4

RULES OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD, CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

88-9

SAFEKEEPING PROPERTY 92-18 93-20 2007-12

SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION 2014-9

allocation of authority between client and lawyer 91-39 94-25 2011-100 2013-6 2013-8

SCREENPLAY 2004-13

SELF-DEALING, LAWYER, ACTING AS EXECUTOR AND FIDUCIARY OF ESTATE

2008-5

SELF-INTEREST 93-27

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SETTLEMENTS

attorney aware of medical providers' fraud 93-6

borrowing against 99-4

client, duty to disclose information about in regard to client's pending criminal matter

97-5

clients, duty to full educate client about 2007-9

clients, possibly made in error 2006-2

deferred, client's desire to sell 95-7

deferred, lawyer's desire to purchase 95-7

indemnification, not signing 2011-6

offer that violates rules of professional conduct 95-13

permissible negotiators 98-2

proceeds 99-10

third party claims against 2009-10

SHORT-TERM LIMITED LEGAL SERVICES

ethics of 2011-100

SOCIAL MEDIA

advertising 2007-7 2015-6

as communications tool 98-6 2010-6

chat rooms, solicitation in for new clients 2004-5

deception, to obtain evidence 2009-2

deleting posts 2014-5

discovery rules 2014-5

LinkedIn 2012-8

opposing party 2014-5

privacy settings 2014-5 2002-5

production orders 2014-5

taking down posts 2014-5

unrepresented party 2014-5

using, to "friend" witness on social media 2009-2

SOCIAL WORKER IN NONLAWYER CAPACITY 92-22

SOLICITATION OF CLIENTS 88-5 88-18 88-25 94-30 95-20

96-11 2002-4 2002-9 2010-6 2013-4

by non-lawyers 2012-1

by person other than attorney on behalf of attorney 2005-3

ethics of 2010-12

out of state 2008-3

prohibitions on 95-10

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through an intermediary 95-20

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COMMON REPRESENTATION 2013-3

SPECIAL COUNSEL 88-32

SPECIALIZATION (See Advertising)

STATE ETHICS

Pennsylvania 2010-14

STATEMENTS

false, duty to disclose 2004-12

obtained from lie detection software 2000-1

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

safeguarding claims, client missing 98-4

withholding information about 90-2

SUB SILENTIO 87-26

SUBORDINATE LAWYER

responsibilities of 94-25 2000-4 2002-8

SUBROGATION 90-4

SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

monitoring work of formerly admitted attorney, importance of 2007-3

SUSPECTED FRAUD

by client 91-39

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

duty to report 2013-6

TAXES

knowledge of adverse party's failure to pay 94-14

TEMPORARY LAWYER

defined 2010-4

TESTIMONY

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false disclosure requirements 2000-5

THIRD PARTIES

fees, paying for 2008-7

indemnification off attorneys 2009-5

claims 90-4 2016-2

payments by, on behalf of client 89-7

using, to "friend" witness on social media 2009-2

TRADE NAME

use of 87-22 89-21 90-1 91-26 98-17

TRIBUNAL

defined 2011-4

TRUST ACCOUNTS

access to 2014-100

TRUTHFULNESS

direct mail, describing prior experience as an assistant district attorney

2003-6

disclosing criminal conviction of principal of client to potential customer of client

99-13

in statements to others 87-28 88-7 88-22 88-24 91-39

2004-13 2007-5 2013-5 2014-5

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW 87-21 88-15 90-24 92-19 93-15

94-29 2003-13 2005-14 2006-5 2011-5

2012-9

admitted to federal court but not Pennsylvania 2004-6

assisting others in 95-20

by a corporation 90-3

by lawyer contemplating running collections agency 2005-8

multijurisdictional practice of law 88-26 91-36 92-21 96-13

nonlawyer's business 98-1

nonlawyer forming consulting business, requesting professional assistance from attorney

93-7

UNBUNDLING LEGAL SERVICES

ethics of 2011-100

UNPAID EXPENSES 87-1

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UNPAID FEES 87-1

UNREPRESENTED PARTY

as opposing or adverse party 89-16

communications with 93-9

dealing with 2011-4

lawyer assisting 2012-9

lawyer's awareness of, duty to contact 2003-1

transactions with, obtaining client's permission 95-9

WAIVER

consent 2013-1

informed consent, obtaining 2005-5 2005-5supp

into Pennsylvania bar under pa. bar admission rule 204 2011-5

verbal 2013-1

WILLS

deceased client, revealing contents of to deceased's relatives 91-4

disclosing information 2009-11

implied authority to release 2007-6

WITHDRAWING FROM REPRESENTATION 89-8 2013-5

client unable to pay for representation 2007-2

client, unable to locate 94-10 98-8

denied by court 93-2

denied leave to withdraw 92-5

divorce, request from opposing party's attorney 93-8

financial burden to lawyer 89-22

material adverse effects on client 2000-2

WITNESS

expert, use of 88-34

necessary see necessary witness 88-35

payment 93-23 94-27

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

adjuster's mistake, duty to advise 2005-2

referee, seeking to return to previous field in private law 2005-4


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