NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #251 – 05/24/1972 (31-72) legal fees, matrimonial matters Topic: Receipt of fee in divorce action in addition to that allowed by Court Digest: Provided that by its order the Court has not determined the reasonable value of his services, a wife’s attorney may, after full … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #250 – 05/24/1972 (30-72) judges, judicial campaigns, political activity Topic: Judges; Partisan Politics; Agreement to accept nomination of one party only Digest: Improper for candidate for judicial office to agree with political organization, as a condition to designation by its party, not to accept nomination … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #249 – 05/24/1972 (27-72) adverse interests, conflict of interests, criminal practice, legal services, part-time public, police, public, representation Topic: Conflict of Interest; part-time legal aid lawyers Digest: Counsel for police benevolent association and individual police officers may accept legal aid defense work, absent actual conflict … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #248 – 04/28/1972 (26-72) appearance, prosecutors, soliciting for Topic: District Attorney – Fund Raising Digest: A District Attorney should not solicit funds for charity Code: EC 7-13; Canon 9; Judicial Canon: 25 QUESTION Is it proper for a district attorney to solicit funds or lend his … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #247 – 04/28/1972 (25-72) adverse interests, appearance, conflict of interests, client consent, insurance, municipal attorney, municipality, public, representation Topic: Conflict of Interests Digest: Improper for an attorney to accept retainer from an insurance carrier to defend a municipality while at the same time he maintains … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #246 – 04/28/1972 (23-72) jurors Topic: Lawyers post verdict communication with jurors Digest: Lawyer may communicate with jurors concerning the verdict and case Code: EC 7-29; DR 7-108(D) QUESTION Following discharge of a jury may a lawyer question a juror concerning the views of the … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #245 – 04/28/1972 (22-72) adverse witnesses, communication, witnesses Topic: Interviewing adverse witness Digest: It is not improper for defense counsel in a criminal case to interview a witness for the prosecution over the objection of the District Attorney Code: EC 6-4; DR 6-101(A); DR 7-102; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #244 – 04/28/1972 (20-72) adverse interests, appearance, conflict of interests, dual practice, fees, real estate, spouse-lawyer Overruled (in part) by 493 Topic: Dual Practice, Conflict of Interest Digest: Lawyer whose spouse is a real estate broker: (a) Should not share office with spouse’s firm; (b) … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #243 – 04/28/1972 (15-72) legal fees, partnership, part-time public official or employee, prosecutors, salary, town/village Topic: Sharing of Salary of Parttime Town Attorney with Partners Digest: It is not improper for a part-time Town Attorney to share his salary with his law partners Code: DR … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #242 – 04/28/1972 (60-71) conflict of interests, corporation, legal services, recommendation for employment, representation Topic: Legal services provided by lawyer employee of corporation to fellow employee Digest: Corporation’s full-time lawyer employee may under specified conditions represent a fellow employee without charge in connection with transaction … Continued