5a:  With respect to the use of evidence in regards to a person's character, certain basic
principles are familiar ground for every trial lawyer.
     First, in litigation concerned with civil claims, evidence relating to a persons character is
not admissible for proving in what manner the said person acted on a particular occasion. 
Pursuant to this rule, should driver D cause the death of pedestrian P by driving over P, the
plaintiff in a civil action charging D with the wrongful death of P, could not introduce evidence
concerning D's character as proof of how D drove on the occasion in question.
     Second, in litigation involving charges of violation of the criminal law, the genaral rule
above is likewise applied, excluding situations in which certain rules and statutes have created
exceptions.  Thus, suppose in the example above, driver D was charged with vehicular
manslaughter in the death of P.  In applying the general rule, evidence offered in the prosecution's
case for the purpose of proving D's character as respects wild driving, would be inadmissible as
circumstantial proof of D's driving on the occasion in question.

8a:  
     1.  To avoid undue risk in your law practice, remember that attorney malpractice suits are
becoming increasingly common, and most prudent lawyers regard ample malpractice insurance a
neccesity.
     2.  Attorneys should respect jurors, but should avoid undue solitude.  Jurors resent an
attorney,s posture of fawning deference, or attempts to curry favor.
     3.  Cancellation of all outstanding credit vouchers shall be made by lender or lender's agent
within three days after a Preliminary Notice of Default has been filed by owner.
     4.  When the sentence is set, the court will take into concideration respondents good faith
efforts to purge the contempt.
     5.  If no request for legal services exists, and the lawyer initially proposes legal
representation, the solicitation rule may have been violated.
     6.  The line drawn by ABA Model Rule 7.3 is not the same as the First Amendment line
drawn in the lawyer solicitation cases the United States Supreme Court decided.
     7.  ABA Model Rule 7.3, prohiits a lawyers initiation of personal contact when the
significant motivation is personal financial gain.

17a: When a  lawyer serves the government for a period then leaves to enter private law
practice, the government has a right to expect that its confidential information will not be abused. 
Further, private clients should not be allowed to gain unfare advantage from information known
to a lawyer only because of his or her government service. Lawyers should not be in a position to
benifit private clients because of prior government service.  Finally, possible future benifit to
private clients should not distort a lawyer's professional judgement while working for the
government.  All of the foregoing would suggest that there should be a broad rigid rule of
disqualification for lawyers who move from the government to private practice.  Such a rule
however,  would have a serious drawback; the government would be hindered in recruiting good
lawyers for short term government service.  Thus, the A..B.A. Model Code of Professional
Responsibility ("ABA Code"), and the A.B.A. Model Rules of Professional Conduct ("A.B.A.
Model Rules"), strike a compromise by establishing disqualification rules that are relativily narrow
and flexible.  Except when expressly permitted by law, a lawyer who leaves government service
and enters private law practice must not represent a private client in a "matter" in which the
lawyer participated "personally and substantially" while in government service, (unless the
government agency consents after consultation).  This raises a question about "matters" meaning. 
As used in the rule, "matter" does not mean a general topic or broad subject area.  Rather, it
means a specific set of facts involving specific parties.  A.B.A. Model Rule 1.11(d) defines
"matter" more fully as, "any judicial or other proceeding, application, or request for a ruling or
other determination, contract, claim, controversy, investigation, charge, accusation, arrest, or
other particular matter involving a specific party or parties".