Ethics
There is no Rule of Professional Conduct that prohibits lawyers from engaging inoverreaching, yet it is frequently charged by the administrator in complaints filed before the hearing board and found by the Supreme Court as a basis for discipline.In attorney disciplinary cases, the Supreme Court has held that overreaching occurs when the attorney takes undue advantage of the position of influence the lawyer holds …
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