Month: May 2000

Opinion 729

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Disbursements, fees, interest Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #729 (05/10/2000) Topic:       Fees ?? interest on disbursements in contingency fee cases. Digest:     Not improper for a lawyer to charge interest on disbursements in contingency fee matters under certain conditions. Code:       DR 2?106(A), (B) & (D). QUESTION              May a lawyer charge … Continued

Opinion 728

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Communication, opposing party Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #728 (05/10/2000)                                             Topic:     Communicating with represented party; communicating with unrepresented party; advice to non-client concerning risk of self-incrimination         Digest:     In civil hearing under General Municipal Law, if pro se civil claimant against municipality faces criminal charges relating to the subject of the … Continued