NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #30 – 05/20/1966 (4-66) appearance, conflict of interests, judges, political activity Topic: Conflict of Interest; Political Activity of Judges Digest: Improper for judge not to resign before becoming a candidate for non-judicial office Canon: Judicial Canon 30 QUESTION Should Canon 30 of the Canons of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #29 – 05/20/1966 (14-65) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, judges, partnership Topic: Impropriety Between Counsel and Bench; Associate of Part-time Judge Digest: Improper for an associate to appear before Justice of the Peace where other Justice of the Peace is partner in the associate’s … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #28 – 03/10/1966 (16-65) children, release Topic: General Release by Minor Defendant Digest: Counsel must determine if it is in best interest of minor defendant to execute a general release to have criminal charges dropped Canon: None QUESTION l. Hay defense counsel, representing a minor … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #27 – 03/01/1966 (12-65) corporation, dual practice, solicitation Topic: Legal Research Service Digest: Improper to offer legal research service to business corporations or non-lawyers, but no impropriety in offering such service to other lawyers Canons: Former Canons 27, 45, 47 QUESTION Two members of the … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #26 – 02/09/1966 (17-65) adverse interests, business interests, conflict of interests, dual practice, legal fees, partnership, real estate, solicitation Topic: Dual Practice, Business Feeder for Law Practice Overruled (in part) by 493 Digest: Improper for lawyer to use his name in real estate business and … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #25 – 02/09/1966 (15-65) adverse interests, confidences, conflict of interests, representation, secrets Topic: Compromise of Prior Client’s Confidences Digest: Improper for lawyer to undertake suit against former client where client’s secrets or confidences might be divulged Canon: Former Canon 6 QUESTION An attorney who represented … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #24 – 02/09/1966 (13-65) advertisements, holding out, patent practice, specialization, trademark practice Topic: Patent Specialization, Title in Signature Digest: No impropriety in corporate patent attorney indicating his speciality as a title after his signature Canon: Former Canon 27 QUESTION The Associate Director of the Patent … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #23 – 02/09/1966 (11-65) adverse interests, appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time public, prosecutors, public, representation, town/village Topic: Conflict of Interest. Part-Time Public Employee Digest: Improper for same individual to serve as both Village Attorney and Public Defender Canon: None QUESTION Is it possible … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #21 – 12/20/1965 (10-65) advertisements, holding out, patent practice, specialization, trademark practice Topic: Advertising, Patent Specialization Digest: Proper to indicate one’s specialization on letterhead where practice is in one of the recognized specialties Canon: Former Canon 27 QUESTION 1. May the professional letterhead of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #20 – 12/10/1965 (9-64) Topic: Advertising, Political Activity, Lawyer with Aspirations for Public Office Digest: Improper for lawyer who aspires to public office to send congratulatory messages to those personally unknown to him and with whom the lawyer has no personal relations Canon: Former Canon … Continued