Article by George M. Cohen
The ethics rules governing lawyers include a number of rules banning contact between lawyers and nonclients. These “no-contact” rules are rarely studied as a group. This Article examines and compares four no-contact provisions contained in the ethics rules. Although protecting vulnerable nonclients from lawyer overreaching plays an important role in justifying these rules, the rules also often aim to protect absent lawyers or clients as much as the contacted parties. This alternative purpose may better explain some features of the no-contact rules.
About the Author
George M. Cohen. Brokaw Professor of Corporate Law, University of Virginia School of Law.
Citation
87 Tul. L. Rev. 1197 (2013)