# Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.8: Rule 1.8. Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules

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## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.8
- **Heading:** Rule 1.8. Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Alaska Rules of Court / Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct / Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.8

## Text

(a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction
with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory,
security, or other pecuniary interest adverse to a client unless:
(1) the transaction and terms on which the lawyer
acquires the interest are fair and reasonable to the client and
are fully disclosed and transmitted in writing in a manner that
can be reasonably understood by the client;
(2) the lawyer advises the client in writing to seek
independent legal advice on the transaction and gives the client
a reasonable opportunity to do so; and
(3) the client gives informed consent, in a writing signed
by the client, to the essential terms of the transaction and the
lawyer’s role in the transaction, including whether the lawyer
is representing the client in the transaction.
(b) A lawyer shall not use a confidence or secret of a
client to the disadvantage of the client unless the client gives
informed consent in a writing signed by the client, except as
permitted or required by these Rules.
(c) A lawyer shall not solicit any substantial gift from a
client, including a testamentary gift, or prepare on behalf of a
client an instrument giving the lawyer or a person related to the
lawyer any substantial gift unless the lawyer or other recipient
of the gift is related to the client. For purposes of this
paragraph, related persons include a spouse, child, grandchild,
parent, grandparent, or other relative or individual with whom
the lawyer or the client maintains a close familial or domestic
relationship.
(d) Prior to the conclusion of the representation of a
client, a lawyer shall not make or negotiate an agreement
giving the lawyer literary or media rights to a portrayal or
account based in substantial part on a client’s confidences and
secrets.
ld,
parent, grandparent, or other relative or individual with whom
the lawyer or the client maintains a close familial or domestic
relationship.
(d) Prior to the conclusion of the representation of a
client, a lawyer shall not make or negotiate an agreement
giving the lawyer literary or media rights to a portrayal or
account based in substantial part on a client’s confidences and
secrets.
(e) A lawyer shall not provide financial assistance to a
client in connection with pending or contemplated litigation,
except that:
(1) a lawyer may advance court costs and expenses of
litigation, the repayment of which may be contingent on the
outcome of the matter;
(2) a lawyer representing an indigent client may pay court
costs and expenses of litigation on behalf of the client; and
(3) a lawyer may provide modest gifts to a client for food,
rent, transportation, medicine, and other basic living expenses.
The lawyer:
(i) may not promise, assure, or imply the availability of
such gifts prior to retention or as an inducement to continue the
client-lawyer relationship after retention;
(ii) may not seek or accept reimbursement from the client,
a relative of the client, or anyone affiliated with the client; and
(iii) may not publicize or advertise a willingness to
provide such gifts to prospective clients.
Gifts that would compromise the lawyer’s independent
professional judgment are prohibited.
(f) A lawyer shall not accept compensation for
representing a client from one other than the client unless:
(1) the client gives informed consent;
(2) there
is
no
interference
with
the
lawyer’s
independence of professional judgment or with the client-
lawyer relationship; and
(3) information relating to a client’s confidences or
secrets are protected as required by Rule 1.6.
hibited.
(f) A lawyer shall not accept compensation for
representing a client from one other than the client unless:
(1) the client gives informed consent;
(2) there
is
no
interference
with
the
lawyer’s
independence of professional judgment or with the client-
lawyer relationship; and
(3) information relating to a client’s confidences or
secrets are protected as required by Rule 1.6.
(g) A lawyer who represents two or more clients shall
not participate in making an aggregate settlement of the claims
of or against the clients, or in a criminal case an aggregated
agreement as to guilty or nolo contendere pleas, unless each
client gives informed consent, in a writing signed by the client.
The lawyer’s disclosure shall include the existence and nature
of all the claims or pleas involved and of the participation of
each person in the settlement.
(h) A lawyer shall not:
(1) make an agreement prospectively limiting the
lawyer’s liability to a client for malpractice; or
(2) settle a claim or potential claim for such liability with
an unrepresented client or former client unless that person is
advised in writing of the desirability of seeking and is given a
reasonable opportunity to seek the advice of independent legal
counsel.
(i) A lawyer shall not acquire a proprietary interest in
the cause of action or subject matter of litigation the lawyer is
conducting for a client, except that the lawyer may:
(1) acquire a lien authorized by law to secure the
lawyer’s fee or expenses; and
(2) contract with a client for a reasonable contingent fee
in a civil case.
portunity to seek the advice of independent legal
counsel.
(i) A lawyer shall not acquire a proprietary interest in
the cause of action or subject matter of litigation the lawyer is
conducting for a client, except that the lawyer may:
(1) acquire a lien authorized by law to secure the
lawyer’s fee or expenses; and
(2) contract with a client for a reasonable contingent fee
in a civil case.
(j) A lawyer shall not have sexual relations with a client
unless a consensual sexual relationship existed between them
when the client-lawyer relationship commenced and the sexual
relationship does not create a conflict under Rule 1.7(a)(2).
For purposes of this rule, when the client is an organization,
“client” means a constituent of the organization who
supervises, directs, or regularly consults with that lawyer
concerning the organization’s legal matters. See Rule 1.13(h)
for the definition of “constituent.”
(k) While lawyers are associated in a firm, a prohibition
in the foregoing paragraphs, except (j), that applies to any one
of them shall apply to all of them.
ALASKA COMMENT
The Committee concluded that written client consent is
required under Rule 1.8(b) in order to assure that there is
sufficient notice to client and that the consent is unequivocal.
The Committee concluded that lawyers should not be able
to make an agreement prospectively limiting the lawyer’s
liability to a client for malpractice.
The Committee concluded that in addition to advising an
unrepresented client about the appropriateness of seeking
independent counsel, the lawyer must provide a reasonable
opportunity for the client to do so.
See COMMENT to Rule 1.5 (Terms of Payment).
Subsection (k) abrogates the portion of Alaska Bar
Association Ethics Opinion 92-6 that extended the sexual
relationship disqualification to all members of the attorney’s
firm
tion to advising an
unrepresented client about the appropriateness of seeking
independent counsel, the lawyer must provide a reasonable
opportunity for the client to do so.
See COMMENT to Rule 1.5 (Terms of Payment).
Subsection (k) abrogates the portion of Alaska Bar
Association Ethics Opinion 92-6 that extended the sexual
relationship disqualification to all members of the attorney’s
firm.
COMMENT
Business Transactions Between Client and Lawyer
A lawyer’s legal skill and training, together with the
relationship of trust and confidence between lawyer and client,
create the possibility of overreaching when the lawyer
participates in a business, property, or financial transaction
with a client, for example, a loan or sales transaction or a
lawyer investment on behalf of a client. The requirements of
paragraph (a) must be met even when the transaction is not
closely related to the subject matter of the representation, as
when a lawyer drafting a will for a client learns that the client
needs money for unrelated expenses and offers to make a loan
to the client. The Rule applies to lawyers engaged in the sale of
goods or services related to the practice of law, for example,
the sale of title insurance or investment services to existing
clients of the lawyer’s legal practice. See Rule 5.7. It also
applies to lawyers purchasing property from estates they
represent. It does not apply to ordinary fee arrangements
between client and lawyer, which are governed by Rule 1.5,
although its requirements must be met when the lawyer accepts
an interest in the client’s business or other nonmonetary
property as payment of all or part of a fee. In addition, the Rule
does not apply to standard commercial transactions between
the lawyer and the client for products or services that the client
generally markets to others, for example, banking or brokerage
services,
medical
services,
products
manufactured
or
distributed by the client, and utilities’ services
business or other nonmonetary
property as payment of all or part of a fee. In addition, the Rule
does not apply to standard commercial transactions between
the lawyer and the client for products or services that the client
generally markets to others, for example, banking or brokerage
services,
medical
services,
products
manufactured
or
distributed by the client, and utilities’ services. In such
transactions, the lawyer has no advantage in dealing with the
client, and the restrictions in paragraph (a) are unnecessary and
impracticable.
Paragraph (a)(1) requires that the transaction itself be fair
to the client and that its essential terms be communicated to the
client, in writing, in a manner that can be reasonably
understood. Paragraph (a)(2) requires that the client also be
advised, in writing, to seek independent legal advice on the
transaction. It also requires that the client be given a
reasonable opportunity to obtain such advice. Paragraph (a)(3)
requires that the lawyer obtain the client’s informed consent, in
a writing signed by the client, both to the essential terms of the
transaction and to the lawyer’s role. When necessary, the
lawyer should discuss both the material risks of the proposed
transaction, including any risk presented by the lawyer’s
involvement, and the existence of reasonably available
alternatives and should explain why the advice of independent
legal counsel is desirable. See Rule 9.1(g) (definition of
informed consent).
The risk to a client is greatest when the client expects the
lawyer to represent the client in the transaction itself or when
the lawyer’s financial interest otherwise poses a significant risk
that the lawyer’s representation of the client will be materially
limited by the lawyer’s financial interest in the transaction.
Here the lawyer’s role requires that the lawyer must comply,
not only with the requirements of paragraph (a), but also with
the requirements of Rule 1.7
the client in the transaction itself or when
the lawyer’s financial interest otherwise poses a significant risk
that the lawyer’s representation of the client will be materially
limited by the lawyer’s financial interest in the transaction.
Here the lawyer’s role requires that the lawyer must comply,
not only with the requirements of paragraph (a), but also with
the requirements of Rule 1.7. Under that Rule, the lawyer must
disclose the risks associated with the lawyer’s dual role as both
legal adviser and participant in the transaction, such as the risk
that the lawyer will structure the transaction or give legal
advice in a way that favors the lawyer’s interests at the
expense of the client. Moreover, the lawyer must obtain the
client’s informed consent. In some cases, the lawyer’s interest
may be such that Rule 1.7 will preclude the lawyer from
seeking the client’s consent to the transaction.
If the client is independently represented in the
transaction, paragraph (a)(2) of this Rule is inapplicable, and
the paragraph (a)(1) requirement for full disclosure is satisfied
either by a written disclosure by the lawyer involved in the
transaction or by the client’s independent counsel. The fact that
the client was independently represented in the transaction is
relevant in determining whether the agreement was fair and
reasonable to the client as paragraph (a)(1) further requires.
Use of Information Related to Representation
Use of confidences and secrets to the disadvantage of the
client violates the lawyer’s duty of loyalty. Paragraph (b)
applies when the information is used to benefit either the
lawyer or a third person, such as another client or business
associate of the lawyer. For example, if a lawyer learns that a
client intends to purchase and develop several parcels of land,
the lawyer may not use that information to purchase one of the
parcels in competition with the client or to recommend that
another client make such a purchase
the information is used to benefit either the
lawyer or a third person, such as another client or business
associate of the lawyer. For example, if a lawyer learns that a
client intends to purchase and develop several parcels of land,
the lawyer may not use that information to purchase one of the
parcels in competition with the client or to recommend that
another client make such a purchase. The Rule does not
prohibit uses that do not disadvantage the client. For example,
a lawyer who learns a government agency’s interpretation of
trade legislation during the representation of one client may
properly use that information to benefit other clients.
Paragraph (b) prohibits disadvantageous use of client
information unless the client gives informed consent, except as
permitted or required by these Rules. See Rules 1.2(d), 1.6,
1.9(c), 3.3, 4.1(b), 8.1, and 8.3.
Gifts to Lawyers
A lawyer may accept a gift from a client, if the transaction
meets general standards of fairness. For example, a simple gift
such as a present given at a holiday or as a token of
appreciation is permitted. If a client offers the lawyer a more
substantial gift, paragraph (c) does not prohibit the lawyer
from accepting it, although such a gift may be voidable by the
client under the doctrine of undue influence, which treats client
gifts as presumptively fraudulent. In any event, due to
concerns about overreaching and imposition on clients, a
lawyer may not suggest that a substantial gift be made to the
lawyer or for the lawyer’s benefit, except where the lawyer is
related to the client as set forth in paragraph (c).
If effectuation of a substantial gift requires preparing a
legal instrument such as a will or conveyance the client should
have the detached advice that another lawyer can provide. The
sole exception to this Rule is where the client is a relative of
the donee
ft be made to the
lawyer or for the lawyer’s benefit, except where the lawyer is
related to the client as set forth in paragraph (c).
If effectuation of a substantial gift requires preparing a
legal instrument such as a will or conveyance the client should
have the detached advice that another lawyer can provide. The
sole exception to this Rule is where the client is a relative of
the donee.
This Rule does not prohibit a lawyer from seeking to have
the lawyer or a partner or associate of the lawyer named as
executor of the client’s estate or to another potentially lucrative
fiduciary position. Nevertheless, such appointments will be
subject to the general conflict of interest provision in Rule 1.7
when there is a significant risk that the lawyer’s interest in
obtaining the appointment will materially limit the lawyer’s
independent professional judgment in advising the client
concerning the choice of an executor or other fiduciary. In
obtaining the client’s informed consent to the conflict, the
lawyer should advise the client concerning the nature and
extent of the lawyer’s financial interest in the appointment, as
well as the availability of alternative candidates for the
position.
Literary Rights
An agreement by which a lawyer acquires literary or
media rights concerning the conduct of the representation
creates a conflict between the interests of the client and the
personal interests of the lawyer. Measures suitable in the
representation of the client may detract from the publication
value of an account of the representation. Paragraph (d) does
not prohibit a lawyer representing a client in a transaction
concerning literary property from agreeing that the lawyer’s
fee shall consist of a share in ownership in the property, if the
arrangement conforms to Rule 1.5 and paragraphs (a) and (i)
asures suitable in the
representation of the client may detract from the publication
value of an account of the representation. Paragraph (d) does
not prohibit a lawyer representing a client in a transaction
concerning literary property from agreeing that the lawyer’s
fee shall consist of a share in ownership in the property, if the
arrangement conforms to Rule 1.5 and paragraphs (a) and (i).
Financial Assistance
Lawyers may not subsidize lawsuits or administrative
proceedings brought on behalf of their clients, including
making or guaranteeing loans to their clients for living
expenses, because to do so would encourage clients to pursue
lawsuits that might not otherwise be brought and because such
assistance gives lawyers too great a financial stake in the
litigation. These dangers do not warrant a prohibition on a
lawyer lending a client court costs and litigation expenses,
including the expenses of medical examination and the costs of
obtaining and presenting evidence, because these advances are
virtually indistinguishable from contingent fees and help
ensure access to the courts. Similarly, an exception allowing
lawyers representing indigent clients to pay court costs and
litigation expenses regardless of whether these funds will be
repaid is warranted.
Under Paragraph (e)(3), a lawyer may give a client modest
gifts for food, rent, transportation, medicine, and similar basic
necessities of life. Because such gifts may have collateral
consequences for the client – for example, they may affect the
client’s tax liability or the client’s eligibility for
government benefits or social services – the lawyer should
consult with the client about these issues before giving the
gifts. See Rule 1.4
nt modest
gifts for food, rent, transportation, medicine, and similar basic
necessities of life. Because such gifts may have collateral
consequences for the client – for example, they may affect the
client’s tax liability or the client’s eligibility for
government benefits or social services – the lawyer should
consult with the client about these issues before giving the
gifts. See Rule 1.4.
Even though Paragraph (e)(3) allows lawyers to give
modest gifts to clients for the listed basic living expenses,
these gifts must not be so substantial that they would create a
conflict between the lawyer’s interests and the client’s interests
in regard to the handling or settling of the case. In addition,
Paragraph (e)(3) prohibits a lawyer from (i) promising,
assuring, or implying the availability of such financial
assistance prior to the lawyer’s retention or as an inducement
to continue the client-lawyer relationship after retention; (ii)
seeking or accepting reimbursement from the client, a relative
of the client, or anyone affiliated with the client; and (iii)
publicizing or advertising a willingness to provide gifts to
prospective to clients beyond court costs and expenses of
litigation in connection with contemplated or pending litigation
or administrative proceedings.
Person Paying for a Lawyer’s Services
Lawyers are frequently asked to represent a client under
circumstances in which a third person will compensate the
lawyer, in whole or in part. The third person might be a
relative or friend, an indemnitor (such as a liability insurance
company), or a co-client (such as a corporation sued along
with one or more of its employees)
inistrative proceedings.
Person Paying for a Lawyer’s Services
Lawyers are frequently asked to represent a client under
circumstances in which a third person will compensate the
lawyer, in whole or in part. The third person might be a
relative or friend, an indemnitor (such as a liability insurance
company), or a co-client (such as a corporation sued along
with one or more of its employees). Because third-party payers
frequently have interests that differ from those of the client,
including interests in minimizing the amount spent on the
representation and in learning how the representation is
progressing, lawyers are prohibited from accepting or
continuing such representations unless the lawyer determines
that there will be no interference with the lawyer’s independent
professional judgment and there is informed consent from the
client. See also Rule 5.4(c) (prohibiting interference with a
lawyer’s professional judgment by one who recommends,
employs or pays the lawyer to render legal services for
another).
Sometimes, it will be sufficient for the lawyer to obtain
the client’s informed consent regarding the fact of the payment
and the identity of the third-party payer. If, however, the fee
arrangement creates a conflict of interest for the lawyer, then
the lawyer must comply with Rule. 1.7. The lawyer must also
conform to the requirements of Rule 1.6 concerning
confidentiality. Under Rule 1.7(a), a conflict of interest exists
if there is significant risk that the lawyer’s representation of the
client will be materially limited by the lawyer’s own interest in
the fee arrangement or by the lawyer’s responsibilities to the
third-party payer (for example, when the third-party payer is a
co-client). Under Rule 1.7(b), the lawyer may accept or
continue the representation with the informed consent of each
affected client, unless the conflict is not waived under that
paragraph. Under Rule 1.7(b), the informed consent must be
confirmed in writing
est in
the fee arrangement or by the lawyer’s responsibilities to the
third-party payer (for example, when the third-party payer is a
co-client). Under Rule 1.7(b), the lawyer may accept or
continue the representation with the informed consent of each
affected client, unless the conflict is not waived under that
paragraph. Under Rule 1.7(b), the informed consent must be
confirmed in writing.
Aggregate Settlements
Differences in willingness to make or accept an offer of
settlement are among the risks of common representation of
multiple clients by a single lawyer. Under Rule 1.7, this is one
of the risks that should be discussed before undertaking the
representation, as part of the process of obtaining the clients’
informed consent. In addition, Rule 1.2(a) protects each
client’s right to have the final say in deciding whether to
accept or reject an offer of settlement and in deciding whether
to enter a guilty or nolo contendere plea in a criminal case. The
rule stated in this paragraph is a corollary of both these Rules
and provides that, before any settlement offer or plea bargain is
made or accepted on behalf of multiple clients, the lawyer
must inform each of them about all the material terms of the
settlement, including what the other clients will receive or pay
if the settlement or plea offer is accepted. See also Rule 9.1(g)
(definition of informed consent). Lawyers representing a class
of plaintiffs or defendants, or those proceeding derivatively,
may not have a full client-lawyer relationship with each
member of the class; nevertheless, such lawyers must comply
with applicable rules regulating notification of class members
and other procedural requirements designed to ensure adequate
protection of the entire class.
Limiting Liability and Settling Malpractice Claims
Agreements prospectively limiting a lawyer’s liability for
malpractice are prohibited
ll client-lawyer relationship with each
member of the class; nevertheless, such lawyers must comply
with applicable rules regulating notification of class members
and other procedural requirements designed to ensure adequate
protection of the entire class.
Limiting Liability and Settling Malpractice Claims
Agreements prospectively limiting a lawyer’s liability for
malpractice are prohibited. This paragraph does not, however,
prohibit a lawyer from entering into an agreement with the
client to arbitrate legal malpractice claims, provided such
agreements are enforceable and the client is fully informed of
the scope and effect of the agreement. Nor does this paragraph
limit the ability of lawyers to practice in the form of a limited-
liability entity, where permitted by law, provided that each
lawyer remains personally liable to the client for his or her
own conduct and the firm complies with any conditions
required by law, such as provisions requiring client notification
or maintenance of adequate liability insurance. Nor does it
prohibit an agreement in accordance with Rule 1.2 that defines
the scope of the representation, although a definition of scope
that makes the obligations of representation illusory will
amount to an attempt to limit liability.
Agreements settling a claim or a potential claim for
malpractice are not prohibited by this Rule. Nevertheless, in
view of the danger that a lawyer will take unfair advantage of
an unrepresented client or former client, the lawyer must first
advise the client in writing of the benefits of independent
representation in connection with such a settlement. In
addition, the lawyer must give the client or former client a
reasonable opportunity to find and consult independent
counsel.
Acquiring Proprietary Interest in Litigation
Paragraph (i) states the traditional general rule that
lawyers are prohibited from acquiring a proprietary interest in
litigation
iting of the benefits of independent
representation in connection with such a settlement. In
addition, the lawyer must give the client or former client a
reasonable opportunity to find and consult independent
counsel.
Acquiring Proprietary Interest in Litigation
Paragraph (i) states the traditional general rule that
lawyers are prohibited from acquiring a proprietary interest in
litigation. Like paragraph (e), the general rule has its basis in
common law champerty and maintenance and is designed to
avoid giving the lawyer too great an interest in the
representation. In addition, when the lawyer acquires an
ownership interest in the subject of the representation, it will
be more difficult for a client to discharge the lawyer if the
client so desires. The Rule is subject to specific exceptions
developed in decisional law and continued in these Rules. The
exception for certain advances of the costs of litigation is set
forth in paragraph (e). In addition, paragraph (i) sets forth
exceptions for liens authorized by law to secure the lawyer’s
fees or expenses and contracts for reasonable contingent fees.
The law of each jurisdiction determines which liens are
authorized by law. These may include liens granted by statute,
liens originating in common law and liens acquired by contract
with the client. When a lawyer acquires by contract a security
interest in property other than that recovered through the
lawyer’s efforts in the litigation, such an acquisition is a
business or financial transaction with a client and is governed
by the requirements of paragraph (a). Contracts for contingent
fees in civil cases are governed by Rule 1.5.
Client-Lawyer Sexual Relationships
The relationship between lawyer and client is a fiduciary
one in which the lawyer occupies the highest position of trust
and confidence
forts in the litigation, such an acquisition is a
business or financial transaction with a client and is governed
by the requirements of paragraph (a). Contracts for contingent
fees in civil cases are governed by Rule 1.5.
Client-Lawyer Sexual Relationships
The relationship between lawyer and client is a fiduciary
one in which the lawyer occupies the highest position of trust
and confidence. The relationship is frequently unequal; thus, a
sexual relationship between lawyer and client can involve
unfair exploitation of the lawyer’s fiduciary role, in violation
of the lawyer’s basic ethical obligation not to use the trust of
the client to the client’s disadvantage. In addition, such a
relationship presents a significant danger that, because of the
lawyer’s emotional involvement, the lawyer will be unable to
represent the client without impairment of the exercise of
independent professional judgment. Moreover, a blurred line
between the professional and personal relationships may make
it difficult to predict to what extent client confidences and
secrets will be protected by the attorney-client evidentiary
privilege, since client confidences and secrets are protected by
privilege only when they are imparted in the context of the
client-lawyer relationship. Because of the significant danger of
harm to client interests and because the client’s own emotional
involvement renders it unlikely that the client could give
adequate informed consent, this Rule prohibits the lawyer from
having sexual relations with a client regardless of whether the
relationship is consensual and regardless of the absence of
prejudice to the client.
Sexual relationships that predate the client-lawyer
relationship are not prohibited. Issues relating to the
exploitation of the fiduciary relationship and client dependency
are diminished when the sexual relationship existed prior to the
commencement of the client-lawyer relationship
gardless of whether the
relationship is consensual and regardless of the absence of
prejudice to the client.
Sexual relationships that predate the client-lawyer
relationship are not prohibited. Issues relating to the
exploitation of the fiduciary relationship and client dependency
are diminished when the sexual relationship existed prior to the
commencement of the client-lawyer relationship. However,
before proceeding with the representation in these circum-
stances, the lawyer should consider whether the lawyer’s
ability to represent the client will be materially limited by the
relationship. See Rule 1.7(a)(2).
Imputation of Prohibitions
Under paragraph (k), a prohibition on conduct by an
individual lawyer in paragraphs (a) through (i) also applies to
all lawyers associated in a firm with the personally prohibited
lawyer. For example, one lawyer in a firm may not enter into a
business transaction with a client of another member of the
firm without complying with paragraph (a), even if the first
lawyer is not personally involved in the representation of the
client. The prohibition set forth in paragraph (j) is personal and
is not applied to associated lawyers.

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- [Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.11 Rule 1.11. Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_AK_PROF_R1_11.md)
- [Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.12 Rule 1.12. Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator, or Other Third-Party Neutral](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_AK_PROF_R1_12.md)
- [Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.13 Rule 1.13. Organization as Client](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_AK_PROF_R1_13.md)
- [Alaska R. Prof. Conduct 1.14 Rule 1.14. Client With Impaired Capacity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_AK_PROF_R1_14.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_AK_PROF_R1_8. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.
