NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #455 – 12/30/1976 (100-76) children, existing clients, confidences, criminal practice, illegal conduct, unlawful or Topic: Counseling violation of law of another state Digest: Improper for lawyer to counsel or assist client in violating law of another state Code: Canon 7; EC 7-5, 7-22; DR 7-102(A)(7) … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion # 454 – 12/30/1976 (84-76) bankruptcy, confidences, client consent, disclosure, duty of lawyer, employment, fraud Topic: Disclosure; confidences and secrets of client Digest: Disclosure of confidences and secrets no longer required Code: Canons 4 and 7; DR 4-101(B) and (C), 7-102 (B) (1) QUESTION Subsequent … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #453 – 12/14/1976 (82-76) confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, municipality, part-time public, public, tax, town/village Topic: Deputy town attorney; tax certiorari; practice by former deputy town attorney Digest: Former deputy town attorney may represent clients in tax certiorari proceedings under certain circumstances Code: EC … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #451 – 12/13/1976 (93-76) appearance, legal fees, part-time public, prosecutors Topic: Part-time district attorney; sharing salary with law partners Digest: Not improper for part-time district attorney to share his official salary with partners in private practice Code: EC 7-13; 8-8; 9-6 QUESTION May a part-time … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #450 – 12/13/1976 (104-76) appearance, conflict of interests, municipality, part-time public, prosecutors, public, real estate, town/village Topic: Part-time town attorney; Conflict of interest Digest: Conditions under which part-time town attorney may represent clients in private matters which may potentially involve conflict with municipality Code: Canons … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #449 – 12/13/1976 (99-76) advertisements, advice, class action, communication, solicitation Topic: Publication of notice by attorney; legal periodicals Digest: Not improper for attorney to publish notice in legal periodical inviting other attorneys who represent clients similarly situated to communicate with him Code: DR 2-103; 2-104 … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #448 – 12/13/1976 (74-76) arbitration Topic: Arbitration: Propriety of disputant’s lawyer serving on public arbitration panel Digest: Lawyer for party to arbitration under Civil Service Law may serve as a nonneutral arbitrator on public arbitration panel Code: EC 5-20 QUESTION Is the lawyer for one … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #452 – 12/10/1976 (108-76) advertisements, bar, consumer law directories Topic: Bar association sponsored consumer legal directories Digest: Bar associations may publish consumer legal directories for public distribution Code: DR 2-102; 2-102(A) (6) QUESTION May a state, county or local bar association publish a “consumer law … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #447 – 12/03/1976 (92-76) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time public official, public, social services Topic: Conflict of interests; County Department of Social Services; representation of private client against county by lawyer retained by one county department Digest: Lawyer retained by County Department of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #446 – 12/03/1976 (88-76) client consent, delegation, employee, workers compensation Topic: Workmen’s Compensation; employment of licensed representative by lawyer Digest: Not improper for lawyer to employ licensed representative to appear before the Workmen’s Compensation Board Code: EC 3-6; DR 3-101 QUESTION May a lawyer employ … Continued