NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #387 – 05/01/1975 (26-75) charter revision committee, conflict of interests, client consent, part-time public official, representation Topic: Representation of civil service employees association while serving as a member of a county charter revision committee. Digest: Not improper for a lawyer to represent a civil service … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #386 – 04/24/1975 (25-75) employee Topic: Part-time secretarial employee Digest: Lawyer may not employ a secretary seeking part-time employment if she continues her present employment at another law office with which it has adversarial matters Code: DR 4-101(D); EC 4-2; Canon 9 QUESTION May a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #385 – 04/24/1975 (17-75) conflict of interests, prosecutors, town/village Topic: Conflict of interest Digest: Not necessarily improper for Town Attorney who frequently represents the town assessor in his official capacity to represent the town in a proceeding by or against the assessor Code: Canon 9; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #384 – 04/17/1975 (18-75) appearance, conflict of interests, disqualification, judges Topic: Practicing in court where lawyer’s brother is judge Digest: Lawyer not required to fore go practice in court where brother is a judge absent statutory prohibition or special circumstances, although judge may be disqualified … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #383 – 04/17/1975 (14-75) communication, client consent, employment, legal fees, settlement agreements, superseding lawyer Topic: Obligation of plaintiff’s successor lawyer to notify the predecessor lawyer of settlement of claim Digest: In the absence of a statutory lien, a successor lawyer has no duty or right, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #382 – 03/27/1975 (16-75) advertisements, appearance, judges, solicitation Topic: Announcements Digest: Announcement that a law firm is ‘successor’ to a lawyer who has retired from the practice of law to assume the position of a judge is improper Code: Canon 9; EC 2-9; 4-6; DR … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #375 – 03/26/1975 (57-74) Topic: Advice on foreign law Digest: Not improper to advise on foreign law if competent to do so Code: EC 3-9; 6-3; DR 6-101(A)(1) QUESTION May a lawyer advise a client with respect to the law of a jurisdiction in which … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #381 – 03/26/1975 (12-75) Topic: Name of professional corporation Digest: Professional corporation name may not include former partner who is practicing law or an ‘Of Counsel’ lawyer Code: EC 2-11; DR 2-102(B) QUESTION May a professional legal corporation include as part of its name the … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #380 – 03/26/1975 (10-75) Topic: Practice before a small claims part of a local court by attorney who occasionally serves as arbitrator in the same small claims part Digest: Not improper for an attorney who occasionally voluntarily serves as a non-paid arbitrator in a small … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #379 – 03/26/1975 (9-75) advertisements, education, solicitation Topic: Solicitation; Advertising Digest: Improper for a lawyer on his own initiative to offer his service to an organization of laymen as a public speaker on legal topics Code: EC 2-1; 2-2; 2-5; 9-6; DR 2-101(A); 2 104(A)(4); … Continued