Connecticut Complaint for Accounting, Conversion, Damages Declaratory Judgment and for Specific
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Although it is prohibited to mix lawyer funds with client funds, Rule 1.15 of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct permits a lawyer's own funds to be placed in a trust account for the sole purposes of paying financial institution service charges on the account or to obtain a waiver of fees and service charges ...
Rule 4.2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct provides that ?[i]n representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a party 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 by law ...
Regulatory Scheme: Connecticut Rule of Professional Conduct 7.4A permits attorneys to state or imply that they are certified specialists where certification is granted "by a board or other entity which is approved by the Rules Committee of the Superior Court." [Rule 7.4A].
Rule 8.4(7) defines ?professional misconduct? by a Connecticut attorney as including speech that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know ?is harassment or discrimination on the basis of? any of 15 listed characteristics?among them race, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Rule 7.1. A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer's services. A communication is false or misleading if it contains a material misrepresentation of fact or law, or omits a fact necessary to make the statement considered as a whole not materially misleading.
The rule requires that the proscribed action be taken with the primary purpose of embarrassing, harassing or burdening another person, which includes an action motivated by animus against the other person based upon the other person's race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, age, ...
Rule 8.4(7) defines ?professional misconduct? by a Connecticut attorney as including speech that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know ?is harassment or discrimination on the basis of? any of 15 listed characteristics?among them race, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Connecticut Practice Book, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.15. The Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.15 Safekeeping Property, provides lawyers with a framework for handling their clients' funds. Attorneys are responsible for maintaining and monitoring their clients' trust accounts properly.
