Rule 16-603 NMRA
Rule 16-603. Membership in legal services organization.
A lawyer may serve as a director, officer or member of a legal services organization,
apart from the law firm in which the lawyer practices, notwithstanding that the
organization serves persons having interests adverse to a client of the lawyer. The
lawyer shall not knowingly participate in a decision or action of the organization:
A.
if participating in the decision or action would be incompatible with the
lawyer’s obligations to a client under Rule 16-107 NMRA of the Rules of Professional
Conduct; or
B.
where the decision or action could have a material adverse effect on the
representation of a client of the organization whose interests are adverse to a client of
the lawyer.