LPM Chapter 4. #50-102 Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
What determines when the attorney-client relationship begins? - ✔✔Case law
What are the three factors the Iowa Supreme Court uses to test when an attorney-client relationship
exists? - ✔✔- the client sought legal advice
- the advice sought was within areas of a lawyer's competence.
- the lawyer gave, or agreed to give, the advice sought
Is payment of a fee essential for an attorney-client relationship to exist? - ✔✔No
What are the five C's of the attorney-client relationship? - ✔✔Competence,commitment,
communication, conflict of interest, and confidentiality
What four things are required to represent the client competently? - ✔✔- legal knowledge
- legal skill
- thoroughness
- preparation
What are the legal skills required of a lawyer? - ✔✔technical skills such as the ability to draft documents,
review documents, conduct research, and perform administrative tasks such as recording keeping.
What is "thoroughness", as required by the ABA model rules? - ✔✔the degree of thoroughness
ordinarily employed by lawyers undertaking similar matters
What does adequate preparation consist of? - ✔✔requires necessary legal research and investigation of
the facts of the case
Must an attorney decline a case if he or she has no experience in the applicable area of law? - ✔✔the
attorney need not decline the case if the attorney can become knowledgable in that area without
jeopardizing the clients case
, If the case is complex and the lawyer knows that he or she does not have the skill or experience required
for the case, he or she may do one of two things. What are they? - ✔✔Either decline the case or
associate another attorney on the case that is competent in the subject matter.
If the lawyer chooses to associate another lawyer on the case, what must the attorney obtain? - ✔✔the
lawyer must have the clients consent
Can the attorney charge the client increased fees if he or she associates another on the case? - ✔✔no,
the fees charged the client cannot be increased because of the involvement of the additional lawyer
What does the commitment to a clients case forbid the lawyer to do? - ✔✔forbids the lawyer to neglect
the case
What are some examples of a lack of commitment to a clients case? - ✔✔- failure to begin an action
- failure to appear at a hearing
- failure to file pleadings
- filing carelessly drafted
What does zeal mean? - ✔✔the frame of mind appropriate in advocacy but not appropriate in the
lawyers role as advisor
What is clients most common complaint about their lawyers? - ✔✔attorneys failure to communicate
with clients
What are some of the things a lawyer can do to keep clients informed? - ✔✔- advising them of the
status of their affairs
- responding to their requests for information
- responding to letters sent by clients
- advising clients on both legal and practical aspects of a matter
What determines when the attorney-client relationship begins? - ✔✔Case law
What are the three factors the Iowa Supreme Court uses to test when an attorney-client relationship
exists? - ✔✔- the client sought legal advice
- the advice sought was within areas of a lawyer's competence.
- the lawyer gave, or agreed to give, the advice sought
Is payment of a fee essential for an attorney-client relationship to exist? - ✔✔No
What are the five C's of the attorney-client relationship? - ✔✔Competence,commitment,
communication, conflict of interest, and confidentiality
What four things are required to represent the client competently? - ✔✔- legal knowledge
- legal skill
- thoroughness
- preparation
What are the legal skills required of a lawyer? - ✔✔technical skills such as the ability to draft documents,
review documents, conduct research, and perform administrative tasks such as recording keeping.
What is "thoroughness", as required by the ABA model rules? - ✔✔the degree of thoroughness
ordinarily employed by lawyers undertaking similar matters
What does adequate preparation consist of? - ✔✔requires necessary legal research and investigation of
the facts of the case
Must an attorney decline a case if he or she has no experience in the applicable area of law? - ✔✔the
attorney need not decline the case if the attorney can become knowledgable in that area without
jeopardizing the clients case
, If the case is complex and the lawyer knows that he or she does not have the skill or experience required
for the case, he or she may do one of two things. What are they? - ✔✔Either decline the case or
associate another attorney on the case that is competent in the subject matter.
If the lawyer chooses to associate another lawyer on the case, what must the attorney obtain? - ✔✔the
lawyer must have the clients consent
Can the attorney charge the client increased fees if he or she associates another on the case? - ✔✔no,
the fees charged the client cannot be increased because of the involvement of the additional lawyer
What does the commitment to a clients case forbid the lawyer to do? - ✔✔forbids the lawyer to neglect
the case
What are some examples of a lack of commitment to a clients case? - ✔✔- failure to begin an action
- failure to appear at a hearing
- failure to file pleadings
- filing carelessly drafted
What does zeal mean? - ✔✔the frame of mind appropriate in advocacy but not appropriate in the
lawyers role as advisor
What is clients most common complaint about their lawyers? - ✔✔attorneys failure to communicate
with clients
What are some of the things a lawyer can do to keep clients informed? - ✔✔- advising them of the
status of their affairs
- responding to their requests for information
- responding to letters sent by clients
- advising clients on both legal and practical aspects of a matter
