Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. White

DR 2-103(B) provides that “[a] lawyer shall not compensate or give anything of value to a person or organization to recommend or secure the lawyer’s employment by a client * * The only organizations excepted from this rule are those that can qualify under DR 2-103(D). Such excepted organizations are a legal aid society or a public defender office, a military legal assistance office, a qualified legal referral service, or a bona-fide organization offering a legal services plan that complies with certain conditions. The purpose of DR 2-103 is to ensure that individual lawyers do not avoid the…