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
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #9 – 12/08/1965 (10-64) bidding, existing clients, employment, legal profession, public Topic: Bidding for Employment. Digest: Improper for lawyer to bid competitively for employment with municipal corporation. Canon: None QUESTION Dear Mr. “X”: Your letter addressed to Mr. Hugh R. Jones, formerly Chairman of this … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #19 – 12/01/1965 (7-65) Topic: Conflict of Interest. Law Practice of Part-Time Judge Digest: Lawyer should not practice in court in which he sits as part time judge Canon: Judicial Canon 31 QUESTION The Charter of an upstate New York city provides for an election … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #16 – 11/01/1965 (5-65) advertisements Topic: Advertising. City Directory Digest: Not improper for lawyer to have name in a simple listing of lawyers’ names, either alphabetically or classified Canon: None QUESTION The publishers of a City Directory are soliciting lawyers for the publication of their … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #18 – 11/01/1965 (9-65) advertisements, holding out, specialization Disapproved in part by 265 Topic: Advertising, Professional Directory Digest: Classified and alphabetical listing of attorney is proper so long as there is no reference to a specialization other than the traditional specialties of the bar Canon: … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #17 – 11/01/1965 (8-65) advertisements, holding out, publication, specialization Topic: Advertising. Publication of Biographical Data Digest: Improper for biographical and specialization data to appear in publication which is not an approved law list Canons: Former Canons 43, 46 QUESTION A lawyer, a member of this … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #15 – 10/25/1965 (6-65) name use of, office sharing, partnership, sharing offices Topic: Appearance of Partnership Digest: Improper for several attorneys who share a suite of offices to use a firm name and hold themselves out to the public as a partnership when they are … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #14 – 09/20/1965 (4-65) confidences, disclosure, duty of lawyer, fraud, secrets, unlawful or illegal Topic: Disclosure of Client’s Confidences Digest: Lawyer should take steps to see that former client does not successfully perpetrate fraudulent claim, and disclosure of that client’s confidences to avoid a crime … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #13 – 08/04/1965 (2-65) advertisements, holding out, patent practice, specialization Topic: Advertising. Announcement of Specialization and Office Change Digest: Lawyer may announce intent to specialize in patent law, and announcement may refer to a particular public office from which lawyer is returning to private practice, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #12- 04/23/1965 (12-64) advertisements, appearance, endorsement of, judges, judicial campaigns, newspapers, political activity, solicitation Topic: Endorsement of Judicial and Other Candidates Digest: Not improper for lawyers to endorse judicial and other political candidates if endorsement is not a form of indirect advertising Canon: Former Canon … Continued