713.03 Interview for “Sounding Out” Examiner Not Permitted [R-08.2012]

713.03 Interview for “Sounding Out” Examiner Not Permitted [R-08.2012]

Interviews that are solely for the purpose of “sounding out” the examiner, as by a local attorney acting for an out-of-town attorney, should not be permitted when it is apparent that any agreement that would be reached is conditional upon being satisfactory to the principal attorney.