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Rules of Professional Conduct
Find the ethical rules listed in Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. Rule 42 in one place. Each rule is listed with complete comments and a link to find ethics opinions related to the rule. 

State Bar of Arizona Ethics Opinions.
Guidance set forth in the State Bar of Arizona ethics opinions is non-binding and advisory only, but remains a helpful resource. The opinions were issued between 1985 and 2016.

State Bar Ethics Hotline 602-340-7284
The Ethics Hotline advises attorneys on their own prospective conduct. This is a free confidential service of the SBA. Calls are not recorded, but notes are kept of the advice given. A requesting attorney may seek his or her records, which may be mitigating in attorney discipline matters.  Calls range the span of the ethical rules including questions like: do I have a conflict, how can I ethically terminate a representation, is this an appropriate limited scope representation and what are the ethical considerations of paying a referral fee?

Ethics Best Practices
Please see the Ethics Advisory Group’s Best Practices on specific ethical rules. The EAG deliberately provided Best Practices in the form of common questions and answers as a free resource to help attorneys in their daily practice. The purpose is to provide attorneys practical help without requiring them to purchase an additional publication.

Practice 2.0 602-340-7332
Questions about starting your firm, growing your current practice, what technology your office needs or how to close your practice? Practice 2.0 is an essential resource for you. Please see the Practice 2.0 resources for questions related to running a legal business. All calls are confidential and also may be mitigating in discipline.

Member Assistance Program 602-340-7334   
Struggling? You are not alone. MAP is a confidential program intended to help you thrive. MAP offers peer to peer support through a network of attorney volunteers who have been trained to provide support to other attorneys.

Trust Account Hotline 602-340-7305
Call the Trust Account Hotline for questions related to trust account compliance, including whether you need a trust account, how to know which funds must be deposited in the trust account and more. View the SBA’s Trust Account Manual and see the SBA trust account page for more resources.