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180	23	C.3. Assignments do not violate public policy or ethical rules	Rule 1.08(h) specifically allows a lawyer to acquire a lien to secure fees, which is what the Assignments do. Even if Assignments violated Rule 1.08(h), that alone is insufficient to void an otherwise valid contract per Wright v. Sydow and M.A. Mills v. Kotts. Pohl lacks clean hands to invoke equitable considerations given his own felony barratry. Voiding the Assignments would injure the unknowing clients and the public by rewarding Pohl's concealment of criminal conduct. Statute mandates liberal construction to protect those in need of legal services.