Ethics Opinion 865
Topic: Estate planner serving as attorney for executor; conflict of interest; legal malpractice
Topic: Estate planner serving as attorney for executor; conflict of interest; legal malpractice
Topic: Fee sharing and co-counsel arrangements with a lawyer not licensed in New York; disclosure in retainer and closing statements
Topic: Out-of-state lawyer’s practice of immigration law in New York State; disclosing jurisdictional and practice area limitations on letterhead and business cards.
Topic: Imputed conflict of interest in a public defender office
Topic: Name and ownership of the New York office of a law firm
Topic: Compensation of nonlawyer “Business Developer” by law firm with grant writing business.
Topic: Part-time government attorneys: conflicts of interest, imputed conflicts, non-consentable conflicts.
Topic: Limiting the scope of a representation to particular stage of a matter.
Topic: Conditioning in-house attorney’s employment on execution of a confidentiality agreement.
Topic: In-person distribution of announcements of law firm’s name change.