Advisory Opinion: 1464

Year Issued: 1992

RPC(s): Formal Opinion 181

Subject: Client files; representation of partnership

The Committee reviewed your inquiry regarding a dispute between partners as to possession of partnership files. The Committee was of the opinion that the problem is to determine who the client is. That is a legal question on which the Committee cannot render an opinion. Once you have identified who the client is, then Formal Opinion 181 should resolve the issue.

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