NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #209 – 11/22/1971 (39-71) appearance, city council member, conflict of interests, legislature, part-time public official or employee Topic: Conflict of Interest Attorney-Legislator Digest: Not proper for attorney who is city councilman to act as attorney for city school district dependent on the city for services … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #207 – 10/26/1971 (24-71) confidences, disclosure, duty of lawyer, fraud Topic: Duty of lawyer to disclose information concerning client to governmental agency Digest: Unless fraud is involved, lawyer has no affirmative duty to disclose information to governmental agency Code: DR 7-102(B)(1) QUESTION Does a lawyer … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #205 – 10/26/1971 (40-71) adverse interests, children, confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, employment, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: Improper to represent both estate and claimant against estate in negligence action Code: EC 5-15; DR 5-105 QUESTION Where a lawyer represents the estate of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #204 – 10/26/1971 (37-71) education, self-laudation Topic: Authorship by Attorney of Educational Legal Cassette Digest: Attorney may participate in a legal educational series commercially sponsored Code: EC 2-2 DR 2-101(B) (5); 2-105 (A) (1); 2-105(A) (4) QUESTION May an attorney be retained by a corporation … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #203 – 10/26/1971 (23-71) appearance, conflict of interetss, employee, judges, partnership Topic: Part-time judge Digest: Partner and associate of a part-time judge have same prohibitions as the judge Code: EC 9-2, 9-6 QUESTION May a partner or an associate of a part-time judge practice law … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #202 – 09/30/1971 (36-71) advertisements, newspapers and news media Topic: Announcements in Newspaper Digest: Announcements of changes within a law firm may not be released to the press Code: EC 2-9; DR 2-102 (A) (1) (2) QUESTION May an attorney or bar association furnish a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #200 – 09/30/1971 (34-71) accounting, advertisements, dual practice, law degree Modifies #51 Overruled (in part) by 494 Topic: Office Letterheads and Professional Cards Digest: Permissible Information on office letterhead or professional card is limited by Disciplinary Rules Code: EC 2-10; DR 2-102 (A)(1),(2),(4) and (5); … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #199 – 09/30/1971 (33-71) adverse interests, bank, conflict of interests, client consent, duty of lawyer, mortgage, real estate, representation Topic: Conflicting Interests Digest: Cannot represent mortgagor and mortgagee without express consent after full disclosure. Code: DR 5-105 (C); DR 5-105 (D) QUESTION May an attorney … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #197 – 09/30/1971 (31-71)Topic: Non-lawyer Town Justice; Candidacy for other Elective OfficeDigest: A Non-lawyer Justice of the Peace may not seek other elective office without first resigning as Justice of PeaceCanons of Judicial Ethics: 30QUESTIONMay a non-lawyer Town Justice accept a political nomination and actively … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #196 – 09/30/1971 (30-71) advertisements, newspapers and news media, self-laudation Topic: Newspaper Publicity Digest: Newspaper “releases” of attorney attending professional meeting improper Code: EC 2-2; DR 2-101 (A) QUESTION May a lawyer attending a seminar, symposia convention, or other professional meeting release or cooperate in … Continued