This opinion has been refined by Ethics Opinion RI-392 published December 12, 2025. Please see RI-392 for further clarification.

RI-320

April 20, 2000

SYLLABUS

Where the lawyer has provided during the course of representation copies of or access to materials prepared for the client or to which the client is entitled, and the client later desires a "copy of the file," the lawyer may properly charge reasonable costs for search and reproduction of information to which the client is legally entitled that is contained in the lawyer's files.