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ABA: client may or may not be entitled to entire file at end of representation

By Karen Rubin on July 9, 2015
Posted in Law Practice Management

client filesThe ABA Ethics Committee last week issued an opinion aimed at giving guidance on a sometimes-puzzling question:  what portions of the file does a lawyer have to provide to a client at the end of the matter — including a client who pulls the plug on the representation?

In Opinion 471, the Committee interpreted Model…

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