{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-27-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-8","heading":"Solicitation of business by agents prohibited.","body":"No person, partnership, corporation, or association shall act in any manner or in any capacity as an agent for an attorney at law in the solicitation or procurement of any law business, and every contract for professional services secured by an attorney at law through the services of an agent shall be void.\nThis section shall not be deemed to apply to an organization, or its representatives, meeting the criteria contained in subsection 11-27-3(b).","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 27 Law Practice"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-27/11-27-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:14Z","sha256":"2aa68c13bc8053fe06a9ffa84375988ca55a50900eb2654e8aae2c5596deec22","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-27-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-27-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}