NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #283 – 02/23/1973 (63-72) advertisements, education, holding out, legal, name, newspaper, self-laudation Topic: Lawyer participation in legal seminars and educational programs; promotion and advertising for such programs Digest: Lawyer may participate in appropriate legal seminar and educational programs, subject to specified guidelines; promotion and advertising … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #282 – 01/25/1973 (3-73) employee, legal fees, retirement Topic: Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan; Inclusion of Non-Lawyer Employees Digest: If not prohibited by statute, not improper to include non-lawyer employees in law firm’s profit-sharing retirement plan Code: DR 3-102(A); EC 3-8 QUESTION May a lawyer or law … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #281- 01/25/1973 (2-73) deceased attorney, legal fees, partnership, retirement Topic: Payment to Retired Partner or Estate of Deceased Partner Digest: Not improper if not prohibited by statute to pay to retired partner or estate of deceased partner, an amount measured by earnings accrued after retirement … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #280 – 01/25/1973 (69-72) judges, partnership, part-time public official, prosecutors, town, town/village Topic: Town Justice as Partner of Attorney for Town Digest: An attorney may not hold the position of town justice when his partner is charged with responsibility for criminal prosecution in behalf of … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #279 – 01/25/1973 (67-72) advertisements, deceased attorney, name, partnership, use of Topic: Firm Name; Letterhead; Deceased Partners Digest: Proper to continue names of deceased partners in firm name and to list on letterhead of bona fide successor firm Code: DR 2-102(A)(4); 2-102(B) EC 2-11; Former … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #278 – 01/25/1973 (59-72) Topic: Part-time County Attorney; Conflicts Digest: Circumstances under which partners and associates of part-time county attorney may represent private clients in Family Court Code: EC 5-15; DR 5-105; Canon 9 QUESTION Under what circumstances may a part-time county attorney or his … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #277 – 12/14/1972 (61-72) bidding, employment, official, part-time public, prosecutors, public Topic: Application for position of town attorney or deputy town attorney Digest: An attorney may properly submit an application for position of town attorney or deputy town attorney irrespective of whether the positions are … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #276 -12/14/1972 (60-72) appearance, judges, political activity Topic: Town Justice running for non-judicial office Digest: Town Justice must resign when running for a non-judicial office Code of Judicial Conduct: Canon 7(A)(3) QUESTION Must a non-lawyer town justice resign the position as town justice when he … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #275 – 12/14/1972 (57-72) adverse interests, existing clients, competency, disclosure, duty of lawyer, failure to act, insurance, liability, misconduct, negligence of lawyer, settlement agreements, statue of limitations Topic: Duty of lawyer to disclose to client his failure to act; lawyer’s settlement of claim which client … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #274 -12/14/1972 (55-72) adverse interests, children, conflict of interests, client consent, partnership, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest Digest: Lawyer may not continue representation of infant plaintiff after joining firm which represents defendant in other matters Code: Canon 5; EC 5-1, 5-14, 5-15; DR 5-105(D) QUESTION … Continued