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Not by themselves, but read them before you send. Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct 7.03(f) prohibits a lawyer, for the purpose of securing employment, from paying, giving or advancing anything of value to a prospective client — other than actual litigation expenses and other financial assistance permitted by Rule 1.08(d), or ordinary social hospitality of nominal value. A gift to a client you already represent, or a thank-you to a former client after the matter has concluded, is a different situation from something sent to secure new work. We build gifts, not opinions — confirm the specific gesture with your own ethics counsel.

This is the biggest category at a lot of firms and the one with the most attached to it. Rule 7.03(e) prohibits paying or giving anything of value to a person not licensed to practice law for soliciting or referring prospective clients, except nominal gifts given as an expression of appreciation that are neither intended nor reasonably expected to be a form of compensation for recommending a lawyer's services. The rule does not name a dollar figure, so what counts as nominal is your firm's call. Gifts between lawyers sit under the separate fee and referral rules instead. Give us the ceiling your firm sets and we build under it.

It can be. RESPA Section 8 — 12 U.S.C. 2607, implemented by Regulation X at 12 CFR 1024.14 — prohibits giving or accepting any fee, kickback or thing of value under an agreement or understanding that business incident to a settlement service involving a federally related mortgage loan will be referred. Regulation X defines thing of value very broadly and states no minimum amount. Firms in that space usually already have an internal policy; ask compliance before anything goes to a lender, title company or agent.

Yes, and it comes up constantly with corporate legal departments, banks and public agencies. Tell us the ceiling and the exclusions and we build to them. Alcohol is the exclusion we see most often, so unless you ask for it we leave it out — it is not in most of what we build anyway.

Yes. Some firms want the mark on the ribbon and the card. Others would rather it arrive looking like a gift and let the handwritten card do the talking. Both are normal here. If you want it unbranded, nothing outside the carton identifies the firm or us beyond what the carrier requires.

Yes. Everything is individually wrapped and portioned, so nothing needs to be plated, cut or served, and nobody has to run a break room table. Identical contents across the order so nobody is comparing boxes at the copier.

Yes, and for a scattered referral list or a remote team it is usually the better answer. Send the spreadsheet — name, address and the card message for each — and we pack, label and ship every one separately with tracking.

No. One gift for a single client thank-you, or three hundred for the holiday list. Same shop either way — a one-man operation in Weatherford, and every box is built by hand.

Yes to both, with the correct documentation on file. We can provide a W-9 for vendor onboarding and accept firm checks alongside major credit cards.

Most orders of thirty or fewer finish within a day or two. A matter closes when it closes, so short notice is normal here and we plan for it rather than penalizing it. Larger runs get a scheduled completion date, and the holiday client list fills up early — get that one on the calendar well before December.