3.130(6.2) Accepting appointments
III Practice of Law
Rule Text
A lawyer should not seek to avoid appointment by a tribunal to represent a person except for good cause, such as:
(a) Representing the client is likely to result in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;
(b) Representing the client is likely to result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer; or
(c) The client or the cause is so repugnant to the lawyer as to be likely to impair the client-lawyer relationship or the lawyer's ability to represent the client.
Note: Former Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) were amended and redesignated as Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR) by Order of the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1978. Prior Rules of the Court of Appeals (RCA) had been redesignated as Rules of Appellate Procedure effective March 12, 1976.
Amendment history: Adopted by Order 89-1, eff. 1-1-90