NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #259 – 09/15/1972 (41-72) conflict of interests, county legislator, legislature, part-time public, representation Topic: Attorney-Legislator; Conflict of Interest Digest: Improper for attorney, who is a county legislator to represent health clinic partially funded by the county Code: EC 8-8; EC 9-6; DR 5-101(A); 5-105(A); 5-105(B) … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #258 – 09/15/1972 (40-72) adverse interests, conflict of interests, client consent, employee, employment, matrimonial matters, possible adverse, representation Topic: Conflict of interest in uncontested divorce or separation Digest: Improper to act for both parties in uncontested divorce, even with consent following full disclosure Code: Canon … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #257 – 09/15/1972 (34-72) client consent, criminal practice, municipality, part-time public, prosecutors, public Modified by 544 Topic: Part-time County Attorney; Conflicts Digest: Neither an assistant county attorney nor his partners may represent private clients in civil matters relating to the county or in criminal matters; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #255 – 06/26/1972 (39-72) existing clients, employee, law practice, paralegals Topic: Signing of letters on lawyer’s letterhead by paralegal employee Digest: A paralegal employee may sign letters on the lawyer’s letterhead when he is clearly designated as a non-lawyer Code: Canon 3; EC 3-6 QUESTION … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #254 – 06/26/1972 (38-72) appearance, assigned counsel, conflict of interests, criminal practice, employee, part-time public Topic: Conflicts of Interest Digest: County legislator’s partners and associates may accept assignments to defend indigent defendants if validity of county law not in question Code: EC 5-15, DR 5-101; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #253 – 06/26/1972 (32-72) adverse interests, legal fees, interest, law office, mortgage, real estate Topic: Mortgage to secure fee Digest: Circumstances under which lawyer may accept mortgage to secure payment of fee Code: EC 2-17, 2-23, 5-7, 9-2; DR 2-106, 5-103(A)(1), 5-105 QUESTION Where a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #252 – 05/24/1972 (29-72) appearance, conflict of interests, judges, part-time public, town, zoning board Topic: Village justice representing private client before village zoning board Digest: Village justice may represent a client before village zoning board only where no conflict of interest and no appearance of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #251 – 05/24/1972 (31-72) legal fees, matrimonial matters Topic: Receipt of fee in divorce action in addition to that allowed by Court Digest: Provided that by its order the Court has not determined the reasonable value of his services, a wife’s attorney may, after full … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #250 – 05/24/1972 (30-72) judges, judicial campaigns, political activity Topic: Judges; Partisan Politics; Agreement to accept nomination of one party only Digest: Improper for candidate for judicial office to agree with political organization, as a condition to designation by its party, not to accept nomination … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #249 – 05/24/1972 (27-72) adverse interests, conflict of interests, criminal practice, legal services, part-time public, police, public, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest; part-time legal aid lawyers Digest: Counsel for police benevolent association and individual police officers may accept legal aid defense work, absent actual conflict … Continued