Opinion No. 342 of the District of Columbia Bar’s Legal Ethics Committee
Topic: Internet-Based Lawyer Referral Services
Digest of the Committee:
Lawyers may participate in both not-for-profit and for-profit lawyer Internet-based referral services where the services require a flat fee for participation, a flat fee for transmitting the lawyer’s name to a potential client, and/or a flat fee for every client secured as a result of a referral.
Rules: 5.4, 7.1
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