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Author: Natalia Carmon

Ethics Opinion 1272: Conflict of Interest when part-time Department of Social Services Attorney represents clients adverse to Department of Social Services

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Opinion 1272 (08/27/2024) Topic: Conflict of Interest when part-time Department of Social Services Attorney represents clients adverse to Department of Social Services Digest: Regardless of the scope of a part-time attorney’s work for a county Department of Social Services (“DSS”), the part-time DSS attorney may not represent private clients in Family Court in matters in … Continued

Ethics Opinion 1271: Sharing of Legal Fees with Non-Lawyer; Impermissible Referral Fees; Non-Refundable Retainer

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  Opinion 1271 (08/20/2024) Topic: Sharing of Legal Fees with Non-Lawyer; Impermissible Referral Fees; Non- Refundable Retainer Digest: A lawyer violates Rule 5.4(a), which prohibits a lawyer from sharing legal fees with a non-lawyer, if she pays a percentage of a legal fee to an online service owned by non-lawyers, on which attorneys can bid … Continued

Ethics Opinion 1269: Part-Time Judge; Part-Time Public Defender; Conflict of Interest

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Topic: Part-Time Judge; Part-Time Public Defender; Conflict of Interest Digest: A part-time assistant public defender whose law partner is both his cousin and a part-time town court judge may not represent clients of the public defender’s office in the town court where his cousin/law partner and his cousin’s co-judge serve because that representation would violate … Continued

Ethics Opinion 1268: Confidential information; publication of article about issues arising in a case handled by the lawyer

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Topic:  Confidential information; publication of article about issues arising in a case handled by the lawyer Digest:  After the termination of the representation, a lawyer may publish an article that discusses legal issues in the representation, as long as the article does not reveal confidential information without the consent of the client.  Confidential information does … Continued