# Ohio DR 2-104: DR 2-104. SUGGESTION OF NEED OF LEGAL SERVICES

> Ohio · Court rules · Superseded

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_104

## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio DR 2-104
- **Heading:** DR 2-104. SUGGESTION OF NEED OF LEGAL SERVICES
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** Superseded
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Rules of Court / Judges and Attorneys / Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility (Disciplinary Rules) / Ohio DR 2-104

## Text

A lawyer who has given unsolicited advice to a nonlawyer that the nonlawyer
should obtain counsel or take legal action shall not accept employment resulting from that
advice, except that:

(1)
A lawyer may accept employment by a close friend, relative, former client, if the
advice is germane to the former employment, or one whom the lawyer reasonably believes to be
a client.

(2)
A lawyer may accept employment that results from the lawyer's participation in
activities designed to educate nonlawyers to recognize legal problems, to make intelligent
selection of counsel, or to utilize available legal services if the activities are conducted or
sponsored by any of the offices or organizations enumerated in DR 2103(D)(1) through (4), to
the extent and under the conditions prescribed in these rules.

(3)
A lawyer who is recommended, furnished or paid by a qualified legal assistance
organization enumerated in DR 2-103(D)(1) through (4) may represent a member or beneficiary
of the organization, to the extent and under the conditions prescribed in these rules.

(4)
Without affecting the lawyer's right to accept employment, a lawyer may speak
publicly or write for publication on legal topics so long as the lawyer does not emphasize the
lawyer's own professional experience or reputation and does not undertake to give individual
advice.

(5) If success in asserting rights or defenses of the lawyer's client in litigation in the
nature of a class action is dependent upon the joinder of others, a lawyer may accept, but shall
not seek, employment from those contacted for the purpose of obtaining their joinder.

(B) Nothing in this rule prohibits a lawyer from accepting employment received in
response to the lawyer's own advertising, provided the advertising is in compliance with DR 2-
101.

## Nearby sections

- [Ohio DR 1-101 DR 1-101. MAINTAINING INTEGRITY AND COMPETENCE OF THE LEGAL](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R1_101.md)
- [Ohio DR 1-102 DR 1-102. MISCONDUCT](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R1_102.md)
- [Ohio DR 1-103 DR 1-103. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUTHORITIES](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R1_103.md)
- [Ohio DR 1-104 DR 1-104. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THE CLIENT](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R1_104.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-101 DR 2-101. PUBLICITY](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_101.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-102 DR 2-102. PROFESSIONAL NOTICES, LETTERHEADS, AND OFFICES](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_102.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-103 DR 2-103. RECOMMENDATION OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_103.md)
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- [Ohio DR 2-105 DR 2-105. LIMITATION OF PRACTICE](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_105.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-106 DR 2-106. FEES FOR LEGAL SERVICES](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_106.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-107 DR 2-107. DIVISION OF FEES AMONG LAWYERS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_107.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-108 DR 2-108. AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING THE PRACTICE OF A LAWYER](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_108.md)
- [Ohio DR 2-109 DR 2-109. ACCEPTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_OH_PROFRESP_DR_R2_109.md)
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