NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #386 – 04/24/1975 (25-75) employee Topic: Part-time secretarial employee Digest: Lawyer may not employ a secretary seeking part-time employment if she continues her present employment at another law office with which it has adversarial matters Code:  DR 4-101(D); EC 4-2; Canon 9 QUESTION May a … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #385 – 04/24/1975 (17-75) conflict of interests, prosecutors, town/village Topic: Conflict of interest Digest: Not necessarily improper for Town Attorney who frequently represents the town assessor in his official capacity to represent the town in a proceeding by or against the assessor Code:  Canon 9; … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #384 – 04/17/1975 (18-75) appearance, conflict of interests, disqualification, judges Topic: Practicing in court where lawyer’s brother is judge Digest: Lawyer not required to fore go practice in court where brother is a judge absent statutory prohibition or special circumstances, although judge may be disqualified … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #383 – 04/17/1975 (14-75) communication, client consent, employment, legal fees, settlement agreements, superseding lawyer Topic: Obligation of plaintiff’s successor lawyer to notify the predecessor lawyer of settlement of claim Digest: In the absence of a statutory lien, a successor lawyer has no duty or right, … Continued