21A.300 Prohibition against solicitation of professional employment from victim or

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relative of victim of accident or disaster.

(1)Notwithstanding KRS 21A.160, for a period of thirty

(30)days following the filing

of a criminal or civil action, or claim for damages, or a traffic citation, injury,

accident, or disaster, an attorney or an attorney referral service shall be subject to

the following prohibition. An attorney or an attorney referral service shall not

directly solicit, or knowingly permit another person to directly solicit on his or its

behalf, a victim of the accident or disaster, or a relative of the victim, for the

purpose of obtaining professional employment relating to a criminal or civil action,

or claim for damages, arising out of the traffic citation, injury, accident, or disaster.

(2)Notwithstanding KRS 21A.160, an attorney shall not knowingly accept a referral

from an attorney referral service when that referral has resulted from the attorney

referral service violating the prohibition established in subsection

(1)of this section.