In re Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 459 So. 2d 520 - Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Whittington · 513 So. 2d 1173 - Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Reis · 329 So. 2d 437 - Louisiana State Bar Association v. Edwins · In re Gardner · In re Tosh
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“(e) A lawyer shall not provide financial assistance to a client in connection with pending or contemplated litigation, except as follows. (1) A lawyer may advance court costs and expenses of litigation, the repayment of which may be contingent on the outcome of the matter, provided that the expenses were reasonably incurred. Court costs and expenses of litigation include, but are not necessarily limited to, filing fees; deposition costs; expert witness fees; transcript costs; witness fees; copy costs; photographic, electronic, or digital evidence production; investigation fees; related travel expenses; litigation related medical expenses; and any other case specific expenses directly related to the representation undertaken, including those set out in Rule 1.8(e)(3). 6 | 1b(2) A lawyer representing an indigent client may pay court costs and expenses of litigation on behalf of the client. [[Image here]] (4) In addition to costs of court and expenses of litigation, a lawyer may provide financial assistance to a client who is in necessitous circumstances, subject however to the following restrictions. (i) Upon reasonable inquiry, the lawyer must determine that the client’s necessitous circumstances, without minimal financial assistance, would adversely affect the client’s ability to initiate and/or maintain the cause for which the lawyer’s services were engaged. [[Image here]] (iv) Financial assistance under this rule may provide but shall not exceed that minimum sum necessary t”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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