NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #632 – 03/23/1992 (18-91) Disqualification, judges, town Modifies N.Y. State 252 (1972)Topic: Disqualification of part-time judge and the judge’s partners and associates Digest: Part-time judges are prohibited from appearing before zoning board of appeals and planning board of the same municipality; disqualification of partners and … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #631 – 03/23/1992 Topic: Conflict of Interest: Agent for title insurer as attorney for County Resource Recovery Agency; multiple representation Digest: Proper for lawyer serving as agent of a title insurance company to represent a County Resource Recovery Agency and offer title insurance for a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #630 – 03/23/1992 (8-91) Part-time public official or employee, public Topic: Conflict of Interest; representation of private clients before town planning board or zoning board of appeals by special counsel to town Digest: Absent differing interests, not improper for special counsel to town to represent … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #629 – 03/23/1992 (20-91) Public Modifies: NY State 40 (1966), 110 (1969), 111 (1969), 143 (1970), 149 (1970), 176 (1971), 218 (1971), 247 (1972), 257 (1972), 322 (1973), 323 (1974), 364 (1974), 392 (1975), 413 (1975), 450 (1976), 482 (1978), 578 (1986), 580 (1987), 588 … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #628 – 03/19/1992 (9-91) Conflict of interest, former client conflict, former client conflict Topic: Conflict of Interest-Former Client Conflicts Digest: A lawyer may represent a plaintiff in a civil action against a former client unless (1) confidences or secrets were imparted during the prior representation … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #627 – 03/19/1992 (22-91) Economic benefit to client, employment Topic: Employment, conferring economic benefit upon client to obtain Digest: Lawyer may furnish rent-free office space to client in consideration of client’s employment of lawyer Code: DR 2-103(B) QUESTION May a lawyer provide a client with … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #626 – 03/19/1992 (13-91) Real estate Topic: Real estate attorney; multiple representation; amount of fee Digest: Lawyer representing lender in transaction where fee is paid by borrower must disclose to borrower that lawyer also will receive compensation from title insurer for representing itsinterests at closing; … Continued