Court Opinion

ID: 9647472
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:37:39.835051+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:48.279892
License: Public Domain

McAULIFFE, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result. I am not yet ready to suggest, as does the majority, that every direct written solicitation is protected unless it is false, misleading, or overreaching. I agree that the broad language of the majority opinion in Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Ass’n, — U.S. ——, 108 S.Ct. *3701916, 100 L.Ed.2d 475 (1988) supports that conclusion. I understand the holding in Shapero, however, to be that a total ban on targeted, direct-mail solicitation is not justified by the fact that there may be isolated abuses. 108 S.Ct. at 1923. Rule 7.3(b) of our Rules of Professional Conduct is narrowly drawn to address a specific abuse. I would not be so quick to cast a shroud of constitutional doubt over it.
Judge RODOWSKY has authorized me to state that he concurs with the views expressed herein.