NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #521 – 04/29/1980 (12-80) wills Topic: Wills; contact with executor, beneficiaries Digest: Lawyer may contact executor and/or beneficiaries to advise them that he holds will of deceased client Code:  EC 2-3; DR 2-103(A) QUESTION May a lawyer contact the designated executor and/or beneficiaries under a … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #520 – 04/23/1980 (1-80) criminal practice, judges, town Modifies #228 Topic: Part-time judge; private criminal practice; conflict between Rules of the Chief Administrator and ethics opinion Digest: Part-time judge with criminal jurisdiction may represent clients in criminal matters to the extent permitted by applicable Rules … Continued