Rule 4.4.Respect for Rights of Third Persons 
 In representing a client, a lawyer shall not use means that have 
 no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third 
 person, or use methods of obtaining evidence that violate the legal 
 rights of such a person. 
  
 

                                                                
ANNOTATIONSCOMMENT 
 Responsibility to a client requires a lawyer to subordinate the 
 interests of others to those of the client, but that responsibility does 
 not imply that a lawyer may disregard the rights of third persons.  It 
 is impractical to catalogue all such rights, but they include legal 
 restrictions on methods of obtaining evidence from third persons. 
  
 COMMITTEE COMMENT 
 This rule is unchanged from that adopted by the ABA.  It provides, 
 in different language, the provisions contained in DR's 7-102(A)(1) and 
 7-106(C)(2) of the Code. 
  
  
  
 ANNOTATION 
  
 Annotator's note. 
 Rule 4.4 is similar to 
 DR 2-110, DR 7-101, DR 7-102, DR 7-106, and DR 7-108 
 as they 
 existed prior to the 1992 repeal and reenactment of the Code of 
 Professional Responsibility. 
 Relevant cases construing 
 DR 2-100, DR 7-101, and DR 7-102 have been included Under Rule 1.2, cases 
 construing DR 7-106 have been included under Rule 3.3, and cases construing DR 
 7-108 have been included under Rule 3.5. 
  
 Conduct violating this rule in conjunction with other 
 disciplinary rules is sufficient to justify disbarment. 
 People v. Bennett, 843 P.2d 1385 (Colo. 1993).