PR Study Puzzle
Across
- 3. The mechanism used under Rule 1.10(a)(2) to protect a firm from a disqualified lawyer's association with a prior firm.
- 4. To waive a concurrent conflict, each affected client must give ______ consent.
- 8. Competence requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and ______ necessary for the matter.
- 9. Conflicts from former clients are generally ______ to the entire firm.
- 11. If a matter is either the same or substantially related matter, it must also be ________ adverse.
- 12. A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a __________ related matter.
- 13. To enter a business transaction with a client, the terms must be fair, in writing, and the client must be advised to seek ______ legal counsel.
- 14. A lawyer must keep the client ______ informed about the status of the matter.
- 15. A person who consults with a lawyer about the possibility of forming a client-lawyer relationship with respect to a matter is a ___________ client.
Down
- 1. A __________ does not occur if a person provides information to a lawyer in response to advertising that merely describes the lawyer’s education, experience, areas of practice, and contact information, or provides legal information of general interest.
- 2. An advance payment made by a client to a lawyer for services to be performed.
- 4. Material prepared by an attorney in anticipation of litigation.
- 5. A lawyer can not make an agreement prospectively limiting the lawyer’s liability to a client for _________ unless the client is independently represented in making the agreement.
- 6. A lawyer must ______ consult with the client about the means to reach objectives.
- 7. A lawyer may not use information to the ______ of a former client unless the info has become generally known or the Rules otherwise permit or require.
- 10. An arbitrator in a binding arbitration proceeding or a legislative body, administrative agency or other body acting in an adjudicative capacity.