Advisory Opinion: 1150

Year Issued: 1987

RPC(s): RPC 7.1; 7.3

Subject: Advertising; referral service

The Committee was of the opinion that the proposed advertisements, which would include the names of all the participating attorneys in the advertisement as broadcast, appears to comply with RPC 7.2(c). Since the Committee obviously has no way of knowing what is actually said to the consumer when responding to the telephone number listed in the advertisement, the Committee could not determine whether in fact the program would violate RPC 7.1, but cautioned that any participating lawyer would have to insure that there is nothing said which would in any way be misleading or deceptive.

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