NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #356 – 09/10/1974 (30-74) adverse interests, appearance of impropriety, conflict of interests, estate administration, executor, representation, wills Topic: Beneficiary acting as attorney for estate. Digest: Factual situation determines whether it is proper for an attorney who represents an estate to accept a bequest of which … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #355 – 09/10/1974 (29-74) advertisements, bar admission, employee, letterheads Topic: Status and activities of out-of-state lawyer employed and residing in New York, and seeking admission to it’s Bar Digest: Law firm employing out-of-state lawyer now residing and seeking admission to practice in New York, may … 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 ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #354 – 07/24/1974 (28-74) advertisements, announcements, bar admission, holding out, multi-state law firm Topic: Announcements; Multi-state admission Digest: Proposed mailing of professional announcement indicating multi-state admission not improper Code: DR 2-102(A)(2) QUESTION Upon the opening of an additional office in New Jersey, may a New … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #353 – 07/24/1974 (25-74) conflict of interests, law practice, law school, pro se, witnesses Topic: Lawyer as witness Digest: A lawyer may not act as trial counsel for another in an action in which he will be called as a witness to matters beyond mere … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #352 – 07/24/1974 (22-74) advertisements, letterheads, multi-state law firm, partnership Topic: Firm letterhead; out-of-state partners Digest: Address of office of out-of state partner may be carried on letterhead under certain circumstances Code: DR 2-102(A)(4), B, C and D QUESTION May the letterhead of a law … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #351 – 06/21/1974 (26-74) acceptance or continuation of employment, conflict of interests, client consent, legal fees, non-legal fees, real estate, representation, title company Topic: Title Company search and certification fee Digest: An attorney may act as title examiner and agent for a title company in … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #350 – 06/21/1974 (10-74) adverse interetss, bank, conflict of interests, client consent, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: The factual situation determines whether it is proper for a lawyer who represents a bank for matters originating at a particular branch to represent a borrower from … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #349 – 06/21/1974 (6-74) adverse interests, existing clients, confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, multiple representation, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: In absence of special circumstances a lawyer should not represent husband-driver and wife-passenger as plaintiffs where defendant may claim over against one of … Continued