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SECTION K | SETTLEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

1. An attorney should raise and explore the issue of settlement in every case as is in the best interests of his or her client.

2. Counsel should not falsely hold out the possibility of settlement as a means for adjourning discovery or delaying trial.

3. In every case, counsel should consider whether the client's interest could be served adequately, and the controversy disposed of more quickly and economically by expedited trial, voluntary trial resolution, arbitration, mediation, or other forms of alternative dispute resolution.