Laura Lawyer’s client Curtis brought a check for $2000 to La…

Laura Lawyer’s client Curtis brought a check for $2000 to Laura as an advance payment retainer. Laura instructs you to include the payment in Curtis’s fee agreement and put this money in the firm’s General Operating Account. Under California’s ethics rules, you:

Hunniecutt v State Bar (1988) 44 Cal. 3d 362, 370-71 holds t…

Hunniecutt v State Bar (1988) 44 Cal. 3d 362, 370-71 holds the following: When an attorney enters into a transaction with a former client regarding a fund which resulted from the attorney’s representation, it is unreasonable to examine the relationship between the parties for indications of special trust resulting therefrom.