ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers
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ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers is a provision of the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct that sets out the ethical duties of law firm leaders and supervising attorneys to ensure that all lawyers in their firm or under their supervision comply with professional conduct rules.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
legal-ethics rule
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rule of professional conduct ⓘ |
| addresses |
responsibility of partners for ethical violations by other lawyers in the firm in certain circumstances
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responsibility of supervisory lawyers for ethical violations by subordinate lawyers in certain circumstances ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent | systemic ethical violations within law firms ⓘ |
| aimsToProtect |
clients of Oregon lawyers
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integrity of the legal profession in Oregon ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
law firms
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legal departments with multiple lawyers ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
law firm managers
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partners in a law firm ⓘ supervisory lawyers ⓘ |
| conditionForResponsibility |
failure to take remedial action when having knowledge of misconduct
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knowledge of misconduct by another lawyer ⓘ ordering another lawyer to engage in misconduct ⓘ ratifying conduct of another lawyer that constitutes a violation of the rules ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Oregon State Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enforcedThrough | attorney disciplinary proceedings ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hierarchical supervision within legal practice
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organizational responsibility for lawyer misconduct ⓘ |
| governs | ethical infrastructure of law firms in Oregon ⓘ |
| imposesDuty |
duty of partners and managers to ensure adequate supervision of inexperienced lawyers
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duty of partners and managers to establish internal policies and procedures designed to detect and resolve conflicts of interest ⓘ duty of partners and managers to establish procedures to ensure client matters are properly handled ⓘ duty of partners and managers to establish procedures to ensure deadlines are met ⓘ duty of supervisory lawyers to make reasonable efforts to ensure subordinate lawyers conform to professional conduct rules ⓘ duty of supervisory lawyers to provide appropriate instruction and oversight to subordinate lawyers ⓘ duty to make reasonable efforts to ensure firm has measures giving reasonable assurance of compliance with professional conduct rules ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalEffect | violation may result in professional discipline for responsible partners or supervisors ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Oregon state bar regulatory system ⓘ |
| partOf | Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to ensure that lawyers in a firm comply with the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ORPC 5.2 Responsibilities of a Subordinate Lawyer
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ORPC 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with ethical rules ⓘ |
| requiresAwarenessOf |
ethical obligations of subordinate lawyers
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firm-wide systems for compliance with professional conduct rules ⓘ |
| requiresStandard |
reasonable efforts standard for compliance systems
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reasonable efforts standard for supervision of subordinate lawyers ⓘ |
| sourceModel | ABA Model Rule 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct
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ORPC 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers
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