NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #195 – 09/30/1971 (28-71) advertisements, employment, holding out, legal advice, mailing, solicitation, specialization Topic: Advertising; Solicitation; Circularizing the Profession To Secure Divorce Matters Digest: An attorney may not circularize the profession advising attorneys of easy divorce laws and soliciting divorce matters from them Code: DR … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #192 – 07/01/1971 (21-71) advertisements Topic: Solicitation and advertising; Telephone Directory Listings Digest: Dignified and accurate listing conforming with DR 2101(A)(5) proper in privately published community telephone directories Code: EC 2-9; 2-10, DR2-101 (A)(5) QUESTON May a lawyer list his name, address and telephone number … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #191 – 05/27/1971 (10-71) adverse interests, children, confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, employment, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest, Multiple Representation Digest: Representation of driver and his passenger (father and adult daughter) in an action against third party permissible if proper consent and waiver is … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION advertisements, legal writing, newspapers and news media, publication, self-laudation Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #190 – 05/27/1971 (20-71) Topic: Advertising Digest: Guidelines for information to be included in advertisements in connection with lawyer authored books. Code: DR 2-101 (B)(5) QUESTION The New York Bar Journal has asked the Committee to … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #189 – 05/27/1971 (16-71) Topic: Attorney as Member of First Aid Squad Digest: Attorney may represent party to accident which he serves as member of first aid squad if he acts with propriety Code: Canon 9 QUESTION An attorney has been asked to join a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #188 – 04/28/1971 (14-71) appearance, employment, solicitation Topic: Solicitation of Clients Digest: Calling attention of clients to the passage of time since execution of Wills and possible need of redraft is not improper Code: DR 2-104 (A) (1), EC 2-1; 2-3; 2-4 QUESTION May an … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #187 – 04/28/1971 (15-71) employment, legal fees Topic: Withdrawal from Employment Digest: Mere nonpayment of additional retainer does not justify withdrawal from matter pending before the Court, without the Court’s permission Code: DR 2-110(A)(2) and (C)(1) (f) EC 2-32 QUESTION Is it proper for a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #186 – 04/28/1971 (2-71) appearance, contributions by, judges, judicial campaigns Topic: Judicial Candidates Campaign Expenses Digest: Not improper to make reasonable contribution to judicial candidate’s campaign committee Code: EC 9-6, DR 9-101 (C), Canons of Jud. Ethics 30, 32 QUESTION May a lawyer make a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics committee Opinions Opinion #184 – 04/21/1971 (11-71) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time public official, prosecutors, public, town/village Modified by 544 Topic: Conflict of Interest; Appearance of Impropriety; Part-time Village Attorney-Prosecutor Digest: An attorney who is a parttime village attorney and acts as a special prosecutor for … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #183 – 04/13/1971 (9-71) existing clients, confidences, disclosure, duty of lawyer, secrets Topic: Disclosure of Client’s Confidences Digest: When instructed by wife in divorce action not to disclose her whereabouts, her lawyer cannot do so unless required by law or court order Code: DR 7-102, … Continued