Rule 7.1. Communications concerning a lawyer's services.
A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about
the lawyer or the lawyer's services. A communication is false or misleading
if it:
(a) Contains a material misrepresentation of fact or
law, or omits a fact necessary to make the statement considered as a
whole not materially misleading;
(b) Is likely to create an unjustified expectation
about results the lawyer can achieve, or states or implies that the
lawyer can achieve results by means that violate the Rules of Professional
Conduct or other law; or
(c) Compares the lawyer's services with other lawyers'
services, unless the comparison can be factually substantiated.
COMMENT
This Rule governs all communications about a lawyer's
services, including advertising permitted by Rule 7.2. Whatever means
are used to make known a lawyer's services, statements about them should
be truthful. The prohibition in paragraph (b) of statements that may
create "unjustified expectations" would ordinarily preclude
advertisements about results obtained on behalf of a client, such as
the amount of a damage award or the lawyer's record in obtaining favorable
verdicts, and advertisements containing client endorsements. Such information
may create the unjustified expectation that similar results can be obtained
for others without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances.
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