As widely reported in the news, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last month harshly rebuked an Illinois lawyer for submitting a rambling 86-page appellate brief that the court said was “incoherent” and “gibberish.” Quotes from the brief indeed made it appear deficient. (One section, said the court, consisted solely of the heading “GAMESMANSHIP” and
Model Rule 1.2(c)
Want to limit the scope of your representation? You’d better document it.
By Karen Rubin on
Posted in Law Practice Management
The concept of “unbundled” legal services is laid out in Model Rule 1.2(c), which provides that lawyers may limit the scope of their representation in reasonable ways, if the client gives informed consent. The rule opens the way to representing a client as to one phase of a matter, or as to certain issues or…