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"Belief" or "believes" denotes that the person involved actually supposed the fact in question to be true. A person's belief may be inferred from circumstances. "Consult" or "consultation" denotes communication of information reasonably sufficient to permit the client to appreciate the significance of the matter in question. "Firm" or "law firm" denotes a lawyer or lawyers in a private firm, lawyers employed in the legal department of a corporation or other organization and lawyers employed in a legal services organization. See Comment, Rule 1.10. "Fraud" or "fraudulent" denotes conduct having a purpose to deceive and not merely negligent misrepresentation or failure to apprise another of relevant information. "Knowingly," "known," or "knows" denotes actual knowledge of the fact in question. A person's knowledge may be inferred from circumstances. "Legal clinic" means a law firm which meets all of the following criteria: a)It involves a group practice of two or more attorneys practicing law in conjunction with law clerks and / or legal assistants that is structured to handle a high volume of cases. b)It employs efficient, time saving systems and standardized procedures and forms. c)It is organized and operated to provide legal services primarily to a moderate income clientele. d)It charges no more than a minimum initial consultation fee. e)It assigns work in a manner which enables attorneys in the legal clinic to concentrate in particular areas of law in order to maximize their efficiency and competence. f)It employs the use of fixed fees for routine legal services and makes available to its clientele a printed fee schedule upon request. g)It charges fees that are demonstrably lower than the prevailing fees in the legal community in which it is situated. h)It is organized and operated in a manner to assure that in addition to the responsibilities which each individual attorney has pursuant to Rule 1.1 and Rule 1.3, all attorneys in the legal clinic does not handle any matter beyond its competence and in the event that the clinic is not competent to handle a particular matter, the client shall associate itself with a lawyer or lawyers who are competent to handle the matter or refer the client to another lawyer or lawyers who are competent to handle the matter, in which event the consulting attorney shall assume primary responsibility for that matter; in addition, the legal clinic shall be organized and operated so that in the event a consulting attorney is retained, the clinic shall make full and immediate disclosure to the client of such a departure from the clinical norm in the handling of the clients case, which disclosure must contain advice that the client is free to select new counsel. "Partner" denotes a member of a partnership or limited liability partnership, a shareholder in a law firm organized as a professional corporation, or a member of a limited liability company. "Reasonable" or "reasonably" when used in relation to conduct by a lawyer denotes the conduct of a reasonably prudent and competent lawyer. "Reasonable belief" or "reasonably believes" when used in reference to a lawyer denotes that the lawyer believes the matter in question and that the circumstances are such that the belief is reasonable. "Reasonably should know" when used in reference to a lawyer denotes that a lawyer of reasonably prudence and competence would ascertain the matter in question. "Substantial" when used in reference to degree or extent denotes a material matter of clear and weighty importance. | |||
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