NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #416 – 10/08/1975 (73-75) legal assistance, legal services Modifies #76, 80, 98, 163, 172, 297, 309 Topic: Group legal service plans; labor union legal service plan Digest: Guidelines generally applicable to group legal service plans; guidelines applicable to labor union legal service plans Code: EC … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #418 – 10/07/1975 (80-75) appearance, conflict of interests, county legislator, legislature, part-time public, part-time public official Topic: Part-time county legislator; conflict Digest: Improper for attorney, part-time county legislator, to represent party in court in same county when opposing party is represented by county attorney appointed … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #415 – 10/06/1975 (76-75) appearance, conflict of interests, client consent, legislature, partnership Topic: Disqualification of partners and associates Digest: Members other than the legislator of a law firm of which the legislator is a partner may represent clients before a state agency only when a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #414 – 10/01/1975 (78-75) client consent, legal fees, referral Topic: Division of fees Digest: Lawyers may agree in advance on a division of fees based on shared responsibility and services Code: EC 2-22; DR 2-107(A) QUESTION May attorneys who share services and responsibility for a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #413 – 09/30/1975 (63-75) adverse interests, appearance, business interests, conflict of interests, client consent, dual practice, municipality, prosecutors, public Topic: Business relationship; prosecutor and defense counsel unrelated to practice of law Digest: An assistant district attorney may not enter into a business unrelated to practice … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #412 – 09/11/1975 (41-75) criminal practice, legal fees Topic: Contingent fees in criminal matters Digest: Contingent fee arrangements in criminal matters are improper; but non-contingent fee arrangements may properly depend in part upon the results obtained Code: EC 2-20; DR 2-106(B), 2-106(C) QUESTION May a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #411 – 08/28/1975 (71-75) advertisements, existing clients, former clients Topic: Announcements; clients of former firm Digest: Not improper to send announcement to clients of former firm with whom a professional relationship has been established Code: DR 2-102 QUESTION May an attorney send announcements regarding the … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #410- 08/28/1975 (70-75) appearance, confidences, conflict of interests, litigation, partnership, representation, secrets Topic: Client’s confidences Digest: Partnership may not continue to represent clients in personal injury action against former client of one partner, involving the same occurrence, even if the previous litigation has terminated and … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #409 – 08/28/1975 (69-75) appearance, conflict of interests, prosecutors, public, spouse-lawyer Topic: Conflict of interests; Lawyer spouses as assistant district attorney and assistant public defender Digest: Not improper for a spouse of an assistant district attorney to be employed in the same county as a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #408 – 08/28/1975 (64-75) client consent, legal fees Topic: Division of fees between lawyers Digest: Proper to divide fees between lawyers provided (1) client knows and consents; (2) division is in proportion to work performed and responsibility assumed; and (3) total fee is reasonable Code: … Continued