Sharing Legal Fees With a Nonlawyer

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What is Sharing Legal Fees With a Nonlawyer?

This is prohibited unless payments are made in connection with a deceased lawyer's estate or sharing benefits with nonlawyers in a compensation or retirement plan even though it may be based on profit-sharing. Rule 5.4

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