A lawyer shall not seek to avoid appointment by a tribunal to represent a person except for good cause, such as:

(a) representing the client is likely to result in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law,

(b) representing the client is likely to result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer; or

(c) the client or the cause is so repugnant to the lawyer as to be likely to impair the client-lawyer relationship or the lawyer's ability to represent the client.

Comment to RPC 6.2

As recommended by the Debevoise Committee, the Court has adopted ABA Model Rule 6.2. It should be stressed that in no way will the client's indigency be used as a basis for avoiding such appointments; to the extent that the ABA Comment to this. rule reads otherwise, it is disapproved.

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