Rule 7.3. Direct Contact With Prospective Clients

Category: NH Rules of Professional Conduct Section: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

(a) A lawyer shall not initiate, by in-person, live voice, recorded or other real-time means, contact with a prospective client for the purpose of obtaining professional employment, unless the person contacted:

     (1) is a lawyer;

     (2) has a family, close personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer;

     (3) is an employee, agent, or representative of a business, non-profit or governmental  organization not known to be in need of legal services in a particular matter, and the lawyer seeks to provide services on behalf of the organization;  or

     (4) is an individual who regularly requires legal services in a commercial context and is not known to be in need of legal services in a particular matter.

(b) A lawyer shall not commun

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