New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct

COMMENTS

New Hampshire Comment - Rule 1.0

[1] Throughout the Rules the words “consult” and “consultation” are used to describe the means by which a client can waive the protections of the Rules of Professional Conduct, and allow a lawyer to engage in conduct that others might consider questionable. The lawyer must effectively communicate the risks and ramifications to the client. The sufficiency of information so communicated will depend on the actual knowledge and capacities of the particular client.

The definition is used in Rules 1.2, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, 2.2, and 2.3.

[2] The abbreviations ECOP and CPCOP refer respectively to Ethics Committee Opinions and Committee on Professional Conduct Opinions.