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Nev. R. Prof'l Conduct 5.3

Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants

activein force · 2006-05-01 – presentact-effective-date

With respect to a nonlawyer employed or retained by or associated with a lawyer:

(a) A partner, and a lawyer who individually or together with other lawyers possesses comparable managerial authority in a law firm shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the firm has in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that the person’s conduct is compatible with the professional obligations of the lawyer;

(b) A lawyer having direct supervisory authority over the nonlawyer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the person’s conduct is compatible with the professional obligations of the lawyer; and

(c) A lawyer shall be responsible for conduct of such a person that would be a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct if engaged in by a lawyer if:

(1) The lawyer orders or, with the knowledge of the specific conduct, ratifies the conduct involved; or

(2) The lawyer is a partner or has comparable managerial authority in the law firm in which the person is employed, or has direct supervisory authority over the person, and knows of the conduct at a time when its consequences can be avoided or mitigated but fails to take reasonable remedial action.

History

[Added; effective May 1, 2006.]

Provenance

Source: leg.state.nv.us
Retrieved: 2026-09-24
Edition: 2026-09-24
Content hash: ff0491357df40a4fe61da97bb0a3d9c834c44f772ab3a83615f381cebd688251

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