NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #178 – 03/01/1971 (1-71) employment Topic: Withdrawal from Employment Digest: An attorney retiring from the practice of law may not withdraw from a litigation without the client’s consent except with permission of the Court Code: DR 2-110(A), (B) and (C) QUESTION Must an attorney who … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinions Opinion #177 – 03/01/1971 (66-70) disclosure, duty of lawyer, estate, misconduct Topic: Duty of an Attorney to Report Misconduct of Another Attorney to the Proper Authority Digest: An attorney should disclose to the proper authorities information of improprieties concerning another lawyer Code: EC 1-4; DR 1-102(A), … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #176 03/01/1971 (62-70) Topic: Conflicting Interests for School District appearance, confidences, conflict of interests, consent, municipality, part-time public, public Digest: Former attorney for school district may not represent citizens group opposed to policies of newly constituted school board Code: DR 9-101(B); EC 4-5, 9-3 QUESTION A … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #175 – 03/01/1971 (26-70) advertisements, bar, legal fees, holding out, multi-state law firm, name, partnership Topic: Firm Name; Out-of-State Members Digest: Whether the name of out-of-state members may be included in the firm name depends upon the facts of each case Code: DR 2-102(D) EC … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #174 – 12/11/1970 (59-70) Topic: Office Signs Digest: Sign near street in front of building may be improper Code: DR 2-102 (A)(3) QUESTION Where the building in which the lawyer has his office is set back from the street, if a dignified law office sign … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #173 – 12/11/1970 (57-70) appearance, conflict of interests, criminal practice, part-time public, public Modified by #587 (1987) Topic: Part-time Public Defender; Private Criminal Practice Digest: A part-time Public Defender may be privately retained to represent an accused who is not indigent and has not requested … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #172 – 11/06/1970 (54-70) intermediary, legal advice, legal services Modified by 416 Topic: Non-profit Association; Group Legal Services Digest: Lawyer may not cooperate with religious association plan to furnish members legal services with respect to matters that are not reasonably related to the members’ relationship … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #171 – 11/06/1970 (52-70) Topic: Conflict of Interest; Part-time District Attorney Digest: Not proper for a part-time district attorney to represent an infant in a juvenile delinquency proceeding Code: Canon 9; EC 9-2; DR 9-101 QUESTION May a part-time district attorney, who is a partner … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #170 – 11/06/1970 (51-70) advertisements, business interests, dual practice, law degree, name Topic: Advertising; Professional Card Digest: May employee of Search organization identify self on professional card as attorney Code: DR 2-102 (E), DR 2-102 (F) QUESTION May a full time employee of a professional … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #169 – 11/06/1970 (49-70) admiralty, advertisements, holding out, specialization Topic: Directories; Advertising Digest: Proposed publication and distribution would be proper if certified by the American Bar Association and specialties are omitted Code: EC 2-9, EC 2-10, EC 2-14; DR 2-101(A); DR 2-102(A) (6), DR 2-103(A), … Continued