A civil rights lawyer heard that the federal government was…
A civil rights lawyer heard that the federal government was deporting green card resident aliens who had received simple parking tickets and driving violation citations. The lawyer obtained the police records of citations and parking tickets and called individuals trying to find a person who was the subject of one of these deportation proceedings. The lawyer found a prospective client and visited her home to offer his legal service for no fee. The lawyer was committed to civil rights and every year he selected several cases on a no fee basis. Of course, the lawyer hoped to prevail and to recover his fees from the government under the federal civil rights fee shifting statute. Was the lawyer’s conduct consistent with the Model Rules?
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