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1 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR GREEN LAWYERS Scott Morrill, OSB October 8, 2010

2 Good News Zero complaints

3 Client Assistance Office and Disciplinary Counsel’s Office BR 2.5 The client assistance office shall receive and review all inquiries and complaints... Oregon Supreme Court Trial Panel Disciplinary Counsel Client Assistance Office

4 CAO PROCESS

5 COMMUNICATIONS WITH REPRESENTED PARTIES Oregon RPC 4.2 Consent, Authorized by Law, Written Agreement

6 COMMUNICATIONS WITH UNREPRESENTED CLIENTS Oregon RPC 4.3 Get a Lawyer

7 EX PARTE Oregon RPC 3.5(b) ALJ’s, Referees, Agencies and Other Decision Makers

8 Unwarranted Claims Oregon RPC 3.1, 1.2 (c), 4.4 (a), 8.4 (a)(4)

9 Communication Rule 1.4 and 1.3

10 WHO IS THE CLIENT? Oregon RPC 1.7, 1.8 Reasonable-Expectations-of-the-Client Test Corporations Government Agencies

11 CONFIDENCES/SECRETS Oregon RPC 1.6 Defending Yourself From a Bar Complaint Attorney-Client Privilege

12 DUTIES TO FORMER CLIENTS Oregon RPC 1.9 Defending Yourself From a Bar Complaint

13 SOLICITING CLIENTS Oregon RPC 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Will Advocate for food Not Many Cases

14 TRUTH In re Sussman and Tanner, 241 Or 246 (1965)

15 Burn Out Oregon RPC 1.1

16 HORROR STORIES

17 HUMOR

18 HELP WWW.OSBAR.ORG Oregon RPC 8.6 (written advice) 503.620.0222 (General Counsel/CAO)


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