NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #506 – 02/26/1979 (77-78) appearance, conflict of interests, part-time public, prosecutors, public Topic: Disqualification of counsel; appearance of impropriety; assistant county attorney; client in private practice Digest: Assistant county attorney may not privately represent wife in seeking to enforce separation agreement where he had represented … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION   Committee on Professional Ethics     Opinion #505 02/09/1979 (63-78) advertisements, mailing, newspapers Topic: Advertising and publicity; announcement cards; opening of office Digest: Lawyer may encourage local newspaper to publish article about the opening of his office provided nothing of value is given to promote its publication; announcement cards may be sent … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #504   02/06/1979 (68-78) part-time public, prosecutors Topic: County attorney; conflict of interest Digest: Improper for county attorney to represent real property owner in assessment review proceeding. Code: Canon 9; EC 5-15, 8-8; DR 5-105 QUESTION May a county attorney represent private property owners in administrative … Continued

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #503 – 02/01/1979 (67-78) confidences, employee, paralegals Topic: Confidences and secrets of client; paralegal Digest: Lawyer is bound not to reveal confidences and secrets acquired while employed as a paralegal prior to his admission to the Bar Code: Canons 4, 7 and 9; EC 1-5, … Continued