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Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. ER 3.1

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ER 3.1 Meritorious Claims and Contentions

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A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a good faith basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous, which may include a good faith and nonfrivolous argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law. A lawyer for the defendant in a criminal proceeding, or the respondent in a proceeding that could result in incarceration, may nevertheless so defend the proceeding as to require that every element of the case be established.

Amendment history: Amended June 9, 2003, effective Dec. 1, 2003.

ER 3.1 Meritorious Claims and Contentions

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