Month: February 1991

Opinion 618

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #618 – 02/15/1991 (20-90) Fees Topic: Legal fees; remitting fees to a corporate employer Digest: A salaried lawyer may not remit to a corporate employer fees received from a thirdparty in excess of the lawyer’s salary and allocable overhead Code: DR 1-102(A)(4), 3-101(A), 3-102, 3-102(A), … Continued

Opinion 617

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #617 – 02/05/1991 (25-89) Conflict of interest Topic: Administrative law judge’s disqualification; prior service as staff attorney in same agency Digest: Administrative law judge must recuse himself or herself from hearing a matter when he or she previously served as a lawyer in the matter … Continued