In Re Chavez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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1. “(1) Respondent shall advise disciplinary counsel within ten days of any employment, or change of employment, in any capacity with a person or firm that provides legal services; (2) Respondent shall function as a legal assistant, legal secretary, paralegal, law clerk, employee of a lawyer, or employee of a firm that provides legal services in any capacity only under the close supervision of one or more supervising attorneys within that entity who are approved by disciplinary counsel. Such supervision shall be continuous and regular; (3) In order to be considered for approval as a supervising attorney, the proposed supervising attorney must file a written proposal with disciplinary counsel agreeing to provide supervision and outlining the type of work being performed by respondent as well as the supervising mechanism utilized by the supervising attorney to supervise the actions of respondent; (4) Under no circumstances shall respondent handle or have access to client funds, accounts, or other property that is subject to the requirements of Rules 16-115 and 17-204 NMRA 2001; (5) Under no circumstances shall respondent solicit, initiate, or accept representation of a client on his own behalf or on behalf of another licensed attorney. If respondent receives any inquiries that might reasonably be interpreted as a request for legal representation, he shall inform the person making the inquiry that he is not licensed to practice law and can be of no assistance to them in obtaining le”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Reynolds

2. “he did not sign the pleadings he drafted for his clients, or that he had not entered an appearance in any court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF BLAKE