Month: February 1976

Opinion 427

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #427 – 02/25/1976 (120-75) criminal practice, ndigents, part-time public, prosecutors, town/village Modified by #544 Topic: Indigent criminal defendants; representation Digest: Improper for the administrator of such plan, assistant district attorneys or their partners and associates, the county attorney or assistant county attorneys, members of the … Continued

Opinion 426

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #426 – 02/10/1976 (116-75) employment, recommendation for employment Topic: Lawyer referral service Digest: Improper for an attorney associated with the direction or administration of a lawyer referral service to accept referrals from the service Code: DR 2-103(C) & (D), 5-105(D); EC 2-8, 9-6 QUESTION May … Continued