NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #497 – 11/02/1978 (57-78) advertisements, appearance, conflict of interests, judges, office sharing, part-time public, public, sharing offices, town Topic: Sharing office space; assistant public defender; village justice Digest: Assistant public defender may not share office space with village justice where any member of public defender’s … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #496 – 11/01/1978 (44-78) children, existing clients, confidences, disclosure, duty of lawyer, employment, fiduciary Topic: Confidences of client; guardian of infant; disclosing violation of court order; withdrawal from employment Digest: Attorney for guardian of infant should disclose guardian’s unwillingness to comply with court order Code: … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #495 – 10/12/1978 (46-78) corporation, illegal conduct, name, partnership, professional, unlawful or, use of Topic: Firm name; professional corporation; branch office Digest: Lawyers operating as professional corporation may not maintain branch office in associate’s name Code: EC 1-5, 2-11, 2-13, 6-6; DR 1-102(A)(4), 2-102(B), 7-102(A)(8) … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #493 – 10/05/1978 (56-78) advertisements, advice, conflict of interests, dual practice, employment, legal fees, non-legal fees, illegal conduct, real estate, solicitation, spouse-lawyer, unlawful or Overrules in part #26, 114, 135, 206, 244 Topic: Dual practice; real estate broker; law office Digest: A lawyer may conduct … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #494 – 10/05/1978 (50-78) advertisements, dual practice, law degree, name, self-laudation, use of Overrules in part #’s 22, 128, 200, 206 Topic: Dual practice; certified public accountant; letterheads; professional cards Digest: Letterhead and professional cards may state lawyer is licensed as a certified public accountant … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #492 – 09/13/1978 (45-78) prosecutors Clarifies #’s 227 and 419 Topic: Conflict of interests; appearance of impropriety; parttime district attorney; former defense counsel as public prosecutor Digest: Improper for newly elected part-time district attorney or any member of his legal staff to defend appeal or … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #491 – 09/12/1978 (43-78) appearance, endorsement of, judges, political activity Topic: Judges; judge-elect; political activity Digest: Judge-elect may not campaign on behalf of candidates for political office Code: Canon 9; EC 9-1, 9-6 QUESTION May a judge-elect campaign on behalf of candidates for political office? … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #490 – 07/31/1978 (26A-78) confidences, client consent, duty of lawyer, legal services, partnership, secrets Topic: Confidences and secrets; independent professional judgment; legal service organization Digest: Staff attorneys of legal service organization should not be required to report to its board of directors on the manner … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #489 – 07/31/1978 (26-78) confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, duty of lawyer, employment, legal services, partnership Topic: Conflict of interest; representation of adverse party; legal service organization Digest: Neither lawyer-member of legal service organization’s board of directors nor any lawyer associated with his firm … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #488 – 07/17/1978 (35-78) advertisements, law degree, name, use of Topic: Academic degrees; advertising and publicity; puffery Digest: Lawyer may display and publicize LL.B. or J.D., but not both degrees Code: DR 2-101(A), (B) and (C)(1) QUESTION May a lawyer who has been awarded a … Continued