NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #239 – 03/17/1972 (18-72) Topic: Advertising, Letterheads Digest: Organization’s letterhead should not list occupation of lawyerofficers or lawyer-directors Code: DR 2-101(A) 1 2-101(B); EC 2-9R 2-10 QUESTION May a lawyer permit an association of lawyers and laymen to use a letterhead which carries the lawyer’s name … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #238 – 03/17/1972 (14-72) lawyer referral service, recommendation for employment Topic: Referral Service Digest: Improper to permit referrals from organizations not operating an approved lawyer referral service Code: Canon 2; EC 2-15; DR 2-103 QUESTION May a lawyer permit his name to be included on … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION advertisements, bar, holding out, multi-state law firm Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #237 – 03/17/1972 (13-72) Overruled by 434 Topic: Letterhead Digest: Lawyer may not use legend “Member of the Bar of the State of New York and New Jersey” on his letterhead Code: EC 2-9; DR 2-102; 2-102(D) QUESTION May … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION advertisements, holding out, multi-state law firm Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #236 – 03/17/1972 (10-72) Topic: Letterhead Digest: Inactive New York lawyer may not use personal stationery with a New Jersey address and the notation “Counsellor at Law”Code: EC 2-13 QUESTIONMay a person who is admitted to the New York … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #240 – 03/11/1972 (19-72) estate, fiduciary, judges, trustee Topic: Judiciary serving as Executor or Trustee Digest: A judge may accept executorships and trusteeships which do not conflict with the performance of his judicial duties Judicial Canon: 27 QUESTION May a member of the judiciary accept … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #232 – 02/25/1972 (5-72) appearance, conflict of interests, judges, part-time public, public, town Topic: Town Justice Partnership with Assistant Public Defender, Conflicts Digest: The limitations upon the practice of a Town Justice prevent his partner from being Assistant Public Defender Code: EC 9-2; 9-6; Canons … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #231 – 02/25/1972 (2-72) appearance, conflict of interests, partnership Topic: Partnership in two law firms Digest: A lawyer may be a member of two law firms Code: DR 5-105 (D); Canon 9 QUESTION May a lawyer be a member of two different law partnerships? OPINION … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #228 – 2/25/72 (11-72) conflict of interests, duty of lawyer, judges, town Modifies 57, Modifies 150, Modified by 520 Topic: Private practice of criminal law by part-time judge Digest: Part-time judge with criminal jurisdiction cannot represent clients in criminal matters in his private practice Code: … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #230 – 02/25/1972 (64-70) business interests, conflict of interests, dual practice, partnership, patent practice, solicitation Topic: Partnership between attorney and patent agent Digest: Improper for attorney and patent agent to form partnership when partnership solicits business and refers work to the attorney’s law firm Code: … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #229 – 02/25/1972 (8-72) communication, litigation, newspapers and news media, prosecutors, public Topic: Comment to News Media on Pending Criminal Litigation Digest: A lawyer should limit his comments concerning pending criminal litigation to the public record Code: Canon 7; DR 7-107 QUESTION May a lawyer … Continued