Advisory Opinion: 843

Year Issued: 1985

RPC(s): DR 4-101

Subject: Client confidence or secret; client eligibility for representation

The Committee was of the opinion that for a legal services office to reveal any of the information regarding eligibility of a client for representation would violate DR 4-101 which requires that a lawyer maintain confidences and secrets of his client, and that such information can not be revealed to third parties without the consent of the client.

[Editor's Note: The Code of Professional Responsibility was superseded by the Rules of Professional Conduct after this opinion was issued.]

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