Verification means a signed, written statement of fact supported by oath or affirmation or made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities). If verification is required, notarization is not necessary.
In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer in the matter, unless the lawyer has the consent of the other lawyer or is authorized to do so by law or a court order.
Rule 1.15(a) of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct requires that a lawyer must hold property of clients or third persons that is in a lawyer's possession in connection with a legal matter completely separate from the lawyer's own property.
In Pennsylvania, the doctrine protects the disclosure of mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, notes or summaries, or legal theories of a party's attorney, respecting the value or merit of a claim or defense or respecting strategy or tactics. Documents include emails, text messages, letters, and memoranda.
Rule 1.9 - Duties to Former Clients (a) A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that person's interests are materially adverse to the interests of the former client unless the former client gives ...
Rule 1.15 Funds are funds which the lawyer receives from a client or third person in connection with a client-lawyer relationship, or as an escrow agent, settlement agent or representative payee, or as a Fiduciary, or receives as an agent, having been designated as such by a client or having been so selected as a ...
Clients and third persons frequently transfer monies to lawyers to hold. Rule 1.15 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct generally requires the lawyer to deposit all monies of clients and third persons (“Rule 1.15 Funds”) in a Trust Account.