Snow, Christensen & Martineau v. Lindberg

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

€1 This case requires us to determine whether an attorney-client relationship that existed between the United Effort Plan Trust (UEP Trust or Trust) and its attorneys at the law firm Snow, Christensen & Marti-neau (SCM) continued after the Trust was reformed cy pres1 Specifically, we must determine whether the district court's reformation of the UEP Trust altered the Trust to such an extent that it can no longer be considered the same client for purposes of the attorney-client privilege and rule 1.9 of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct.…