In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Weidner

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• where there was no evidence of any express lawyer-client relationship, relationship still could be established based on client’s reasonable expectation based on objective facts
• “[T]o establish that the lawyer-client relationship exists based on reasonable expectation, a putative client’s subjective *** intention or expectation must be accompanied by evidence of objective facts on which a reasonable person would rely as supporting existence of that intent.”
• lawyer-client relationship may be based on reasonable expectation of putative client
• misrepresentation is broad term encompassing nondisclosure of material fact

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