(a) A lawyer shall provide competent representation to
a client. Competent
representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and
preparation necessary for the representation.
(b) A lawyer shall not represent a client in a legal
matter in which the lawyer knows or reasonably should know that the
lawyer is not competent to provide representation, without the
association of another lawyer who is competent to provide such
representation.
(c) After accepting employment on behalf of a client, a
lawyer shall not thereafter delegate to another lawyer not in the
lawyer's firm the responsibility for performing or completing that
employment, without the client's consent.
Adopted
February 8, 1990, effective August 1, 1990.