Month: March 1975

Opinion 382

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #382 – 03/27/1975 (16-75) advertisements, appearance, judges, solicitation Topic: Announcements Digest: Announcement that a law firm is ‘successor’ to a lawyer who has retired from the practice of law to assume the position of a judge is improper Code: Canon 9; EC 2-9; 4-6; DR … Continued

Opinion 381

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #381 – 03/26/1975 (12-75) Topic: Name of professional corporation Digest: Professional corporation name may not include former partner who is practicing law or an ‘Of Counsel’ lawyer Code: EC 2-11; DR 2-102(B) QUESTION May a professional legal corporation include as part of its name the … Continued

Opinion 380

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #380 – 03/26/1975 (10-75) Topic: Practice before a small claims part of a local court by attorney who occasionally serves as arbitrator in the same small claims part Digest: Not improper for an attorney who occasionally voluntarily serves as a non-paid arbitrator in a small … Continued

Opinion 379

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #379 – 03/26/1975 (9-75) advertisements, education, solicitation Topic: Solicitation; Advertising Digest: Improper for a lawyer on his own initiative to offer his service to an organization of laymen as a public speaker on legal topics Code:  EC 2-1; 2-2; 2-5; 9-6; DR 2-101(A); 2 104(A)(4); … Continued

Opinion 378

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #378 – 03/26/1975 (8-75) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, probation officer Topic: Representation of defendants in criminal cases when spouse is probation officer Digest: Not improper per se for attorney to represent defendants in criminal cases when spouse is probation officer if appearance of … Continued

Opinion 377

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #377 – 03/26/1975 (7-75) confidences, disclosure, secrets Topic: Confidential or secret information sought by governmental agency Digest: Confidential or secret information may not be revealed unless permitted by Code or required by law or court order Code:  Canon 4; DR 4-101(C)(2); EC 4-4 QUESTION When … Continued

Opinion 376

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION appearance, conflict of interests, judges, law clerk, part-time public official, public Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #376 – 03/26/1975 (5-75) appearance, conflict of interests, judges, law clerk, part-time public official, public Topic: Accepting other State employment while serving as law clerk to a Supreme Court Justice Digest: Absent statute or … Continued

Ethics Opinion 375

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #375 – 03/26/1975 (57-74) Topic: Advice on foreign law Digest: Not improper to advise on foreign law if competent to do so Code: EC 3-9; 6-3; DR 6-101(A)(1) QUESTION May a lawyer advise a client with respect to the law of a jurisdiction in which … Continued