---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 11.102"
title: "37"
number: "11.102"
heading: "Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and practitioner."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/11.102"
---

# §11.102. Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and practitioner.

- (a) Subject to paragraphs [(c)](#c) and [(d)](#d) of this section, a practitioner shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by [§ 11.104](/cfr/37/11.104.md), shall consult with the client as to the means by which they are to be pursued. A practitioner may take such action on behalf of the client as is impliedly authorized to carry out the representation. A practitioner shall abide by a client's decision whether to settle a matter.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) A practitioner may limit the scope of the representation if the limitation is reasonable under the circumstances and the client gives informed consent.
- (d) A practitioner shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the practitioner knows is criminal or fraudulent, but a practitioner may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct with a client and may counsel or assist a client to make a good-faith effort to determine the validity, scope, meaning or application of the law.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 20201, Apr. 3, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.