ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation
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ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation is a rule within the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that governs when and how lawyers must or may refuse, withdraw from, or end representation of a client.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9615197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation Context triple: [Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct, hasPart, ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation]
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A.
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program
The Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program is a legal funding mechanism that pools interest from client trust accounts to support civil legal aid and justice-related services for low-income individuals.
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ORCP
ORCP is the standard legal abbreviation for the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure, which govern civil court proceedings in the state of Oregon.
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OLRC
OLRC is the nonpartisan office within the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for preparing and publishing the United States Code and overseeing the codification of federal statutes.
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Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund
The Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund is a mandatory malpractice insurance program that provides professional liability coverage and risk management services to Oregon lawyers.
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E.
Legal Services Commission
The Legal Services Commission was a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for administering the legal aid system before its functions were transferred to the Legal Aid Agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation Target entity description: ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation is a rule within the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that governs when and how lawyers must or may refuse, withdraw from, or end representation of a client.
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A.
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program
The Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program is a legal funding mechanism that pools interest from client trust accounts to support civil legal aid and justice-related services for low-income individuals.
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B.
ORCP
ORCP is the standard legal abbreviation for the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure, which govern civil court proceedings in the state of Oregon.
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C.
OLRC
OLRC is the nonpartisan office within the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for preparing and publishing the United States Code and overseeing the codification of federal statutes.
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D.
Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund
The Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund is a mandatory malpractice insurance program that provides professional liability coverage and risk management services to Oregon lawyers.
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E.
Legal Services Commission
The Legal Services Commission was a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for administering the legal aid system before its functions were transferred to the Legal Aid Agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | professional conduct rule ⓘ |
| addresses |
circumstances in which a lawyer must decline representation
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mandatory withdrawal from representation ⓘ permissive withdrawal from representation ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
administrative proceedings
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civil proceedings ⓘ criminal proceedings ⓘ |
| appliesTo | lawyers ⓘ |
| basedOn |
ABA Model Rule 1.16
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linked to:
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
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| bindingOn | members of the Oregon State Bar ⓘ |
| citationForm | ORPC 1.16 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Oregon State Bar
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Oregon Supreme Court ⓘ |
| governs |
declining representation of a client
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terminating representation of a client ⓘ withdrawal from representation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Oregon ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
legal ethics
ⓘ
professional responsibility ⓘ |
| partOf | Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct ⓘ |
| purpose |
to regulate how a lawyer must end representation
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to regulate when a lawyer may withdraw from representation ⓘ to regulate when a lawyer must refuse representation ⓘ |
| requires |
compliance with applicable law requiring notice to or permission of a tribunal when terminating representation
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protection of a client’s interests upon termination of representation ⓘ reasonable steps to avoid foreseeable prejudice to the client upon withdrawal ⓘ refunding any advance payment of fee or expense that has not been earned or incurred upon termination ⓘ surrendering papers and property to which the client is entitled upon termination ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
lawyer–client relationship
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scope and termination of representation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation Description of subject: ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation is a rule within the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that governs when and how lawyers must or may refuse, withdraw from, or end representation of a client.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct
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hasPart
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ORPC 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation
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