A regulation agency’s “reimbursement settlement,” requiring a departing lawyer to pay over $1,000 per consumer he retained, violated Colorado ethics guidelines as a result of it restricts an lawyer’s proper to apply and a consumer’s proper to counsel of his or her selection, the Supreme Courtroom for the State of Colorado held this week.
On Tuesday, the excessive courtroom held that Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6(a) prohibits agreements requiring a lawyer departing a agency pay it an undifferentiated per-client charge for continued illustration of these purchasers. Allowing agreements like it might violate essential public coverage curiosity, the courtroom stated.
