Effective today, February 15, 2019, the “Statement of Client’s Rights and Responsibilities” has been revised. An attorney shall provide a prospective client with a statement of client’s rights and responsibilities at the initial conference and prior to the signing of a written retainer agreement. If the attorney is not being paid a fee from the client for the work to be performed on the particular case, the attorney may delete from the statement those provisions dealing with fees. The attorney shall obtain a signed acknowledgment of receipt from the client.
The statement shall be in the form found at this link: Revised Statement of Client’s Rights and Responsibilities