NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #307 – 10/17/1973 (37-73) advertisements, appearance, business interests, corporation, dual practice, solicitation Topic: Dual practice of law and consumer counseling service Digest: A lawyer may conduct a consumer counseling service at a separate address under the guidelines Code: Canon 9; DR 2-101, 2-102, 2-102(E), 2-103, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #306 – 10/17/1973 (34-73) judges, judicial campaigns, political activity, town Topic: Judges; Partisan politics Digest: A candidate for the office of town justice of a second class town may not campaign beyond the scope of the Code of Judicial Conduct Judicial Code: Canon 7(B)(1)(c) QUESTION … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #305 – 10/17/1973 (33-73) advice, appearance, prospective clients, existing clients, consent of, employment, private client, review, solicitation, superseding lawyer Topic: Superseding lawyers; encroaching on professional employment of other lawyers; conferring with prospective client already represented by counsel for the same matter Digest: Lawyer may properly … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #304 – 10/17/1973 (31-73) bar, existing clients, delegation, employee, law clerk, law practice, law student, paralegals Topic: Law clerks, paralegals and other non-lawyer employees; taking of deposition by clerk or non-lawyer employee Digest: Improper to delegate taking of deposition to clerk or other non-lawyer employee … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #303 – 10/17/1973 (29-73) existing clients, confidences, conflict of, employment, part-time public, public, representation, retirement Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: Lawyer may represent client against former client only where matter is unrelated and confidential information obtained in former matter is not relevant Code: EC 9-3; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #302 – 09/12/1973 (32-73) bar admission, legal fees, non-lawyer Topic: Sharing of legal fees Digest: A law school graduate, awaiting admission, may not share in legal fees received by his employer Code: EC 3-8; DR 3-102, 3-103 QUESTION May a law school graduate, while awaiting … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #301 – 09/12/1973 (28-73) advertisements, judges, judicial campaigns, newspapers, part-time public, political activity, prosecutors Topic: Judicial candidates; Use of official title in campaign advertisements Digest: Assistant District Attorney campaigning for judge may use official title in newspaper, billboards and signs Code: EC 7-13; Code of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #300 – 08/17/1973 (26-73) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time public official, public Topic: Draft board member; Conflicts Digest: Improper for lawyer member of draft board to defend client charged with Selective Service Act violation Code: Canon 9; EC 8-8, 9-1, 9-2 QUESTION May … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #294 – 06/28/1973 (11-73) advertisements, duty of lawyer, law office Topic: Mobile Law Office Digest: Use of mobile law office is proper where there is dignified procedure and careful adherence to ethical considerations Code: Canon 2; DR 2-102 QUESTION May a lawyer outfit a bus … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION award, law firm Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #296 – 06/25/1973 (22-73) Topic: Award to law firm by charitable organization for “humanitarian efforts”Digest: Individual members of firm, but not law firm itself, may receive award for “humanitarian efforts”, if non-lawyer connected Code: EC 2-9, DR 2-101QUESTIONMay a law firm accept … Continued