When a Longtime Client Comes to You, as an Attorney

When a longtime client comes to you, as an attorney, asking you to write a will including yourself as a beneficiary, you can avoid ethical problems by

A) having the will signed by the client in the presence of witnesses who are also the primary beneficiaries.
B) writing and signing a sealed and dated letter to the client's file relating the client's insistence that you be a beneficiary over your cautions to the client.
C) insisting the client go to another attorney to draft a codicil to the will for any gift in your behalf.
D) getting another member of your firm to read the will and ask the client if she means to give you the specific bequest stated in the will and then making a record of her affirmance.

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