Month: April 1976

Opinion 431

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #431 – 04/28/1976 (2-76;10-76) conflict of interests, county legislator, criminal practice, legislature, part-time public Clarifies #424 Topic: County legislator; Criminal practice Digest: Improper for county legislator to represent defendant in same county when prosecution is by a district attorney or assistant district attorney in a … Continued

Opinion 430

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #430 – 04/21/1976 (23-76) appearance, newspapers, part-time public, prosecutors Topic: Conflict of interest; Appearance of impropriety; Part-time County Attorney Digest: Part-time county prosecuting attorney may not represent private client in civil litigation against county Code: DR 5-101(A),(B); 5-105(A); 8-101; 9-101 EC 5-14, 15; 7-13; 8-8; … Continued

Opinion 429

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #429 – 04/21/1976 (18-76) city council member, legislature, part-time public Topic: Former public employee; Conflict Digest: Not improper for former City councilman to represent false arrest plaintiff if he did not have a substantial responsibility regarding the arrest during his term as councilman Code: EC … Continued