[brief] STATE CASES  Cavallaro v. Jamco Prop. Mgmt., 334 N.J. Super. 557 (App. Div. 2000)  .................................................................6  City of Atl. City v. Trupos, 201 N.J. 447 (2010)  .........................................................................................6, 7, 15  Dental Health Assocs. S. Jersey, P.A. v. RRI Gibbsboro, LLC, 471 N.J. Super. 184 (App. Div. 2022)  ...............................................................6  Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 109 N.J. 201 (1988) .........................................................................................5, 14, 15, 16  Escobar v. Mazie, 460 N.J. Super. 520 (App. Div. 2019) ..............................................................7, 23  In re Op. No. 17-2012 of Advisory Comm. on Pro. Ethics, 220 N.J. 468 (2014)  .........................................................................................17, 20  In re Supreme Ct. Advisory Comm. on Pro. Ethics Op.697, 188 N.J. 549 (2006)  .........................................................................................15  J.G. Ries & Sons, Inc. v. Spectrasery, Inc., 384 N.J. Super. 216 (App. Div. 2006)  ...............................................................6  [...] v. [...], [...] (Tax July 26, 2023)  ..................23  Richardson v. DeFazio, [...] (App. Div. Mar. 7, 2016)  ...........................................................17  State v. Harvey, 176 N.J. 522 (2003) .........................................................................................7  State v. Smith, 478 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 2024) ...............................................................7, 19 FEDERAL CASES Alexander v. Primerica Holdings, Inc., 822 F.Supp. 1099 (D.N.J. 1993) .................................................................6, 7 Carlyle Towers Condo. Ass’n v. Crossland Sav., FSB, 944 F. Supp. 341 (D.N.J. 1996) ...........................................................................6, 7 Carreno v. City of Newark, 834 F. Supp. 2d 217, 224 (D.N.J. 2011) ...............................................................7 Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161404 (D.N.J. Nov. 12, 2013) ..............................................18 Infosphere Consulting, Inc. v. Habibi Life, LLC, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141332 (D.N.J. Aug. 7, 2020) .............................................17 In re Advisory Comm. on Pro. Ethics Op. 621, 128 N.J. 577 (1992) .................................................................................................7 Martin v. AtlantiCare, [...], 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122987 (D.N.J. Oct. 25, 2011) .........................16 United States v. Norwood, 566 F. App’x 123 (3d Cir. 2014) ..............................................................................7 RULES RPC 1.7(a) ..............................................................................................................4, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 RPC 1.9(a) ..............................................................................................................4, 5, 14, 15, 16 RPC 1.10(a) ............................................................................................................4, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 SECONDARY SOURCES Report of the New Jersey Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Professional Conduct ..................................................................................................................16