RULE 5.6:
RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHT TO PRACTICE
(a)
A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making:
(1) a partnership, shareholder, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement that restricts the right of a lawyer to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement; or
(2)
an agreement in which a restriction on a lawyer’s right to practice is part of the settlement of a client controversy.
(b) This Rule does not prohibit restrictions that may be included in the terms of the sale of a law practice pursuant to Rule 1.17.