Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (Connecticut Practice Book)
Client-lawyer relationship (Rules 1.1 to 1.18) – Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (Connecticut Practice Book)

Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (Connecticut Practice Book) 1.16: Declining and terminating representation, protecting the client on withdrawal and confirming termination in writing

What does 1.16 require?

A lawyer must turn down or leave a representation that would breach the rules or other law, where the lawyer's physical or mental state materially impairs the work, or on being discharged. Withdrawal is permitted where it causes the client no material harm, where the client persists in using the lawyer's services for what the lawyer reasonably believes is a crime or fraud, where the client has already used them for a crime or fraud, where the client insists on a course the lawyer finds repugnant or fundamentally disagrees with, where the client has substantially failed to meet obligations to the lawyer after a warning, where continuing would impose an unreasonable financial burden or has become unreasonably difficult, or for other good cause. Tribunal notice and permission requirements must be observed, and a lawyer ordered to continue must do so. On ending a representation the lawyer takes the reasonably practicable steps to protect the client, such as giving notice, allowing time to find other counsel, handing over papers and property the client is entitled to, and refunding unearned advance fees; Connecticut also requires the lawyer to confirm the termination to the client in writing, before or within a reasonable time after it.

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