IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
FINAL ORDER OF ADOPTION
Supreme Court No. 960326
Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct
On October 22, 1996, the Joint Attorney Standards Committee filed its Report with proposed amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct. The Supreme Court adopted Rule 3.9, NDRPC, on an emergency basis, effective November 1, 1996, and ordered that the remaining matters be heard on December 3, 1996. October 25, 1996, the Clerk distributed the required notice. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED, that Rules 1.5 (Fees), 1.18 (Governmental Entity as the Client), 5.3 (Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants), 5.4 (Professional Independence of a Lawyer), 5.6 (Restrictions on Right to Practice), 7.2 (Firm Names and Letterheads) and Terms, are amended, effective March 1, 1997.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Rules 1.17 (Sale of a Law Practice) and 5.7 (Responsibilities Regarding Law-Related Services) are adopted, effective March 1, 1997.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Rule 3.9 (Advocate in Nonadjudicative Proceedings), as further amended, is adopted on a final basis, effective December 11, 1996.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, December 11, 1996.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Mary Muehlen Maring, Justice
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court