NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #367- 11/22/1974 (46-74) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time, prosecutors, public Modified by 544 Topic: Part-time County Attorney; Conflicts Digest: Part-time county attorney following assumption of public duties may not continue to represent private clients in criminal matters Code: Canon 9; EC 8-8, 9-1, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #363 – 10/25/1974 (32-74) admiralty, advertisements, holding out, litigation, malpractice ,personal injury practice, specialization Topic: Announcement to bar of limitation of practice Digest: Proper for an attorney to advertise in Bar journal that he specializes in certain types of litigation or in admiralty, if limited … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #362 – 10/25/1974 (18-73) advertisements, bank, credit card, legal fees, solicitation Topic: Professional fees paid through bank credit card Digest: Not improper for lawyer to use bank charge plan subscribed to by both attorney and client for payment of professional fees where proper safeguards employed … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #366 – 10/25/1974 (45-74) law pracitce, partnership, sale of Topic: Purchase of interest in law partnership Digest: Proper for incoming partner to purchase an interest in lawyer partnership assets Code: Canon 9; EC 4-6 QUESTION May an incoming partner in a law firm properly purchase … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #365 – 10/25/1974 (44-74) appearance, conflict of interests, judges, quasi-judicial Topic: Quasi-judicial officer; limitation on practice of officer, partners and associates Digest: Restrictions imposed on practice of part-time member of Administrative Appeals Board, his partners and associates, before Motor Vehicle Department are same as judge … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #364 – 10/25/1974 (40-74) appearance, conflict of interests, client consent, municipality, part-time, public, school board Topic: Conflict of interest Digest: Member of school board may not represent property owner seeking re-assessment even though the interests of the school district are handled by the city assessor … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #361 – 09/10/1974 (38-74) Topic: Practice of law by confidential law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Digest: Confidential law clerk to a Supreme Court Justice may not practice law in Supreme Court Code: EC 9-1; DR 5-105(D) QUESTION May a part-time confidential law clerk to … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #360 – 09/10/1974 (37-74) Topic: Assigned counsel; request to be relieved Digest: Lawyer should not request to be relieved as assigned counsel except for compelling reasons Code: EC 2-25; 2-29 QUESTION Is it proper to apply to be relieved of a court assigned case without … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIA’TION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #359 – 09/10/1974 (36-74) advertisements, employee associates, foreign attorneys, letterheads of Topic: Listing of lawyer admitted only in foreign jurisdiction on letterhead of New York firm Digest: A lawyer admitted only in a foreign country may be listed as an associate on the letter head … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #358 – 09/10/1974 (34-74) advice by lawyer, communication, legal advice, opposing party Topic: Communication with potential adverse party not yet represented by attorney Digest: Improper for attorney to communicate, directly or indirectly, with adverse party not represented by an attorney, in a personal injury case … Continued