ORPC 4.3 Dealing with Unrepresented Person

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ORPC 4.3 Dealing with Unrepresented Person is a rule within the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that governs how lawyers must interact ethically and fairly with individuals who do not have legal representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oregon Rule of Professional Conduct ⓘ
professional conduct rule ⓘ
addresses risk that unrepresented persons may assume the lawyer is neutral ⓘ
aimsToProtect integrity of the legal process ⓘ
unrepresented persons from overreaching by lawyers ⓘ
appliesIn civil matters ⓘ
criminal matters ⓘ
appliesTo lawyers licensed in Oregon ⓘ
appliesWhen a lawyer deals on behalf of a client with an unrepresented person ⓘ
enforcedBy Oregon State Bar ⓘ
ethicalDuty duty of candor about the lawyer’s role ⓘ
duty to avoid giving conflicted legal advice to unrepresented persons ⓘ
exception lawyer may advise unrepresented person to secure counsel ⓘ
focusesOn interactions with persons who do not have their own lawyer ⓘ
governs disclosures a lawyer must make about representation status ⓘ
jurisdiction Oregon ⓘ
legalField legal ethics ⓘ
professional responsibility ⓘ
objective to minimize confusion about whom the lawyer represents ⓘ
to reduce risk of inadvertent reliance on opposing counsel by unrepresented persons ⓘ
partOf Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct ⓘ
prohibits lawyer from giving legal advice to an unrepresented person whose interests conflict with the lawyer’s client ⓘ
lawyer from stating or implying that the lawyer is disinterested ⓘ
purpose to ensure ethical and fair treatment of unrepresented persons ⓘ
to prevent misunderstanding about the lawyer’s role ⓘ
regulates lawyer communications with unrepresented persons ⓘ
relatedTo ORPC 4.1 Truthfulness in Statements to Others ⓘ
ORPC 4.2 Communication with Person Represented by Counsel ⓘ
requires lawyer to avoid creating unjustified expectations in unrepresented persons ⓘ
lawyer to clarify that the lawyer represents a client ⓘ
lawyer to correct misunderstandings about being disinterested ⓘ
source Oregon State Bar regulatory framework ⓘ
violationMayLeadTo professional discipline for the lawyer ⓘ

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Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct → hasPart → ORPC 4.3 Dealing with Unrepresented Person ⓘ