In re K.A.H.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alaska Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(e) prohibits lawyers from providing clients with *92financial assistance other than court costs and expenses of litigation. Gerald W. Markham, counsel in a wrongful death suit, advanced his client funds for living expenses and, following settlement of the case, sought reimbursement from the settlement funds. The superior court denied this request. Markham appeals, arguing that the loans were permissible under Rule 1.8(e), or, if not permissible, that the rule unconstitutionally denies or infringes upon access to the…