NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #278 – 01/25/1973 (59-72) Topic: Part-time County Attorney; Conflicts Digest: Circumstances under which partners and associates of part-time county attorney may represent private clients in Family Court Code: EC 5-15; DR 5-105; Canon 9 QUESTION Under what circumstances may a part-time county attorney or his … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #277 – 12/14/1972 (61-72) bidding, employment, official, part-time public, prosecutors, public Topic: Application for position of town attorney or deputy town attorney Digest: An attorney may properly submit an application for position of town attorney or deputy town attorney irrespective of whether the positions are … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #276 -12/14/1972 (60-72) appearance, judges, political activity Topic: Town Justice running for non-judicial office Digest: Town Justice must resign when running for a non-judicial office Code of Judicial Conduct: Canon 7(A)(3) QUESTION Must a non-lawyer town justice resign the position as town justice when he … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #275 – 12/14/1972 (57-72) adverse interests, existing clients, competency, disclosure, duty of lawyer, failure to act, insurance, liability, misconduct, negligence of lawyer, settlement agreements, statue of limitations Topic: Duty of lawyer to disclose to client his failure to act; lawyer’s settlement of claim which client … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #274 -12/14/1972 (55-72) adverse interests, children, conflict of interests, client consent, partnership, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: Lawyer may not continue representation of infant plaintiff after joining firm which represents defendant in other matters Code: Canon 5; EC 5-1, 5-14, 5-15; DR 5-105(D) QUESTION … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #271 – 11/17/1972 (58-72) judges, political activity Topic: Judges; Partisan Politics Digest: Improper for candidate for judicial office to agree with political organization as a condition to designation by its party not to seek nomination of another political party Code: EC 8-6; Canon 8 QUESTION … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #273 – 11/17/1972 (65-72) appearance, part-time public, political activity, prosecutors, town/village Clarified by 476 Topic: Town Attorney; Political Activity Digest: Town attorney with prosecuting duties generally may not be member of county or town committee of a political party Code: Canon 9; EC 7-13; 8-8; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #272 – 11/17/1972 (62-72) endorsement of political candidates by, part-time public official, political activity, prosecutors Clarified by 537, 552 Topic: Prosecuting Attorney; Political Activities Digest: Prosecuting attorney may not campaign for candidates for public office Code: EC 7-13; 8-8; 9-1; 9-2; 9-4; 9-6; Canon 9 … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #270 – 10/20/1972 (56-72) advertisements, education, legal writing, newspapers and news media, publication Topic: Advertising: Newspaper Column; Identification of Lawyer-Author Digest: Identification of author of newspaper column on legal topics should be limited to name and admission to Bar Code: DR 2-104(A)(4); EC 2-1, 2-2, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #269 – 10/20/1972 (54-72) bankruptcy Topic: Bankruptcy Digest: Lawyer may seek relief in bankruptcy Code: DR 1-102(A)(6) EC 1-5 QUESTION May a lawyer in financial difficulty due to the failure of nonprofessional business interests properly file to discharge his debts, whether incurred professionally or in … Continued