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A discharged attorney may not share in a division of fees with his former client’s successor attorney where the client does not agree in writing to the arrangement.
A lawyer may prepare a trust document for a client that at the client's request directs the trustee to engage that lawyer to provide legal services for the trust. The lawyer may do so, however, only if the client consents after the lawyer fully communicates and discloses the economic interest of the lawyer in including such provision and indicates that such provision might not be enforceable.