AttPro Risk Tip of the Month–Accepting Gifts

December 6, 2016

Know the rules regarding gifts. Generally, a lawyer may receive modest, unsolicited gifts from clients.1 However, a lawyer should not solicit substantial gifts from a client, including testamentary gifts, unless the client is a close relative.2

1 See MODEL RULES OF PROF’L CONDUCT R.1.8(c) (1983) (amended 2013). 2 Id.   

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