Nevada Professional Responsibility Flashcards

Under Nevada RPC 1.8(a), a lawyer entering a business transaction with a client must ensure all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer: The Nevada State Bar approves the transaction

Nevada RPC 1.8(a) requires fair terms, written disclosure, and advice to seek independent counsel, but does not require State Bar approval of attorney-client business transactions.

Which Nevada RPC provision prohibits sexual relations with a client where the relationship did not predate the representation?

Answer: RPC 1.8(j)

Nevada RPC 1.8(j) prohibits a lawyer from having sexual relations with a client unless a consensual sexual relationship existed between them when the lawyer-client relationship commenced.

Under Nevada RPC 3.5, an attorney is prohibited from which conduct regarding jurors?

Answer: Communicating ex parte with jurors during trial

Nevada RPC 3.5(a) prohibits ex parte communication with jurors during trial; unauthorized contact with deliberating or sitting jurors is a serious ethical violation.

Nevada RPC 5.3 requires attorneys to supervise which of the following?

Answer: Nonlawyer assistants whose conduct may violate the Rules

Under Nevada RPC 5.3, supervising attorneys must ensure that the conduct of nonlawyer assistants (paralegals, investigators, clerks) is compatible with the professional obligations of the lawyer.

Which conduct constitutes 'moral turpitude' warranting discipline under Nevada RPC 8.4?

Answer: Committing a criminal act reflecting adversely on fitness to practice

Under Nevada RPC 8.4(b), it is misconduct for a lawyer to commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer.

Under Nevada's law governing lawyer advertising (RPC 7.1), what is the primary standard?

Answer: Communications must not be false or misleading

Under Nevada RPC 7.1, a lawyer may not make false or misleading communications about the lawyer or the lawyer's services; truthful advertising is permitted.