A lawyer, also an alternate member of a zoning board of adjustment, may not appear before that same board, but may represent clients before other town boards. (Rule 1.11A)
Upon registration as a ZBA alternate member, an attorney has to observe those standards set forth in Rule 1.11, including non-participation in matter where the attorney participated or has obtained confidential information. (Rule 1.11)
A lawyer may not report a client to a credit bureau as a delinquent account, as a lawyer (1) shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client without the client’s consent, and (2) to do so is not reasonably necessary to establish the lawyer’s claim for fees (Rules 1.6(a); 1.6(b))
While nonrefundable fee retainers are normally permissible in N.H., they are still subject to reasonableness mandated by Rule 1.5, and are an impermissable imposition charged by a guardian ad litem in a divorce case. (Rules 1.5; 1.16)
There is no voluntary, contractual relationship between a court appointed guardian ad litem in a divorce case, and the child’s parents, and consequently there can be no fee negotiation disclosure. (Rules 4.2; 4.3)
It is preferable to have a written fee agreement. (Rule 1.5(b))
A lawyer may not serve as a part-time municipal prosecutor and as criminal defense counsel in the same district court in that the potential for actual conflict of interest in this situation is real and substantial in both criminal and civil matters and that maintenance of the high standards of confidentiality seems impossible in such a situation. (Rules 1.6; 1.7)
While nonrefundable fee retainers are normally permissible in N.H., they are still subject to reasonableness mandated by Rule 1.5, and are an impermissable imposition charged by a guardian ad litem in a divorce case. (Rules 1.5; 1.16)
There is no voluntary, contractual relationship between a court appointed guardian ad litem in a divorce case, and the child’s parents, and consequently there can be no fee negotiation disclosure. (Rules 4.2; 4.3)
It is preferable to have a written fee agreement. (Rule 1.5(b))
While nonrefundable fee retainers are normally permissible in N.H., they are still subject to reasonableness mandated by Rule 1.5, and are an impermissable imposition charged by a guardian ad litem in a divorce case. (Rules 1.5; 1.16)
There is no voluntary, contractual relationship between a court appointed guardian ad litem in a divorce case, and the child’s parents, and consequently there can be no fee negotiation disclosure. (Rules 4.2; 4.3)
It is preferable to have a written fee agreement. (Rule 1.5(b))
The ABA Model Code Comments were not adopted or approved by the NH Supreme Court and are therefore only aspirational, and the suggestion that the attorney “conscientiously consider” participation in a fee dispute resolution procedure is a partial retreat from the EC 2-23. (Terminology, Rule 1.5)
An attorney is not required under the Rules to participate under the NHBA’s Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. Because the Committee is not the client, an attorney is not required to provide the Committee with requested information. (Rule 1.4)
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1988/9-2 Letterhead Listing – Use of “Of Counsel” Designation by Inactive Bar Member December 8, 1988 ANNOTATIONS: It would be misleading for an “inactive member” of NHBA to be included on a law
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1988/9-3 Letterhead Listing – Affiliated Law Firms February 9, 1989 ANNOTATIONS: There is no outright prohibition against an attorney who is town moderator also representing clients before the local land use boards of