Tex. Ins. Code Section 961.303
Limitations on Corporation’s Relationship with Attorneys and Participants

(a)

A nonprofit legal services corporation may not:

(1)

contract to practice law; or

(2)

control or attempt to control the relationship existing between a participant and the participant’s attorney.

(b)

The corporation may act only as an agent on behalf of its participants for legal services and, except as provided by Section 961.254 (Indemnity Contracts), those services may be provided only by and through contracting attorneys. A contracting attorney must be an independent contractor maintaining a direct lawyer and client relationship with a participant and may not be an employee of the corporation.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.

Source: Section 961.303 — Limitations on Corporation's Relationship with Attorneys and Participants, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­961.­htm#961.­303 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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