NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #560 – 06/07/1984 (10-84) adverse interests, existing clients, confidences, conflict of interets, client consent, employment, malpractice, representation Topic: Conflict of interests; multiple representation Digest: In the absence of clients’ consent, it is improper for lawyer to defend two defendants in medical malpractice action where one … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #559 – 5/9/84 (44-83) advertisements Topic: Advertising; law school alumni directory Digest: A law school alumni association may publish and publicize a directory of graduates and may supply information from it in response to “occasional” telephone inquiries Code: DR 2-101, 2-102, 2-103(C) and (D), 2-105(A) … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #558 – 03/26/1984 (45-83) judges, judicial campaigns, political activity Modifies N.Y. State 289 (1973) Topic: Campaign guidelines for judicial candidates Digest: No restriction on the wearing of a robe by an incumbent judge in campaign literature Code of Judicial Conduct: 7(B) QUESTION May an incumbent … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #557 02/17/1984 (43-83) accounting, advertisements, legal fees, lawyer-accountant relationship, non-lawyer, partnership, solicitation Topic: Unauthorized practice of law; division of legal fees; letterheads Digest: Not proper for a lawyer and accountant to form firm that would render legal services; lawyer cannot share legal fees with accountant; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #556 – 01/19/1984 (32-83) advertisements, dual practice, title Topic: Dual practice; advertising, limits on; title insurance Digest: A lawyer authorized to issue title insurance for a title insurance company may indicate that fact by placing appropriate information under the “title company and agent” and “lawyer” … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #555 – 01/17/1984 ( 23-83) existing clients, former clients, confidences, conflict of interests, client consent, duty of lawyer, employment, representing, witnesses Topic: Confidential communications as between joint clients Digest: Lawyer may not disclose to one joint client confidential communications from other joint client relating to … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #554 – 11/21/1983 (22-83) existing clients, escrow funds, funds of client, interest Topic: Interest on Lawyer accounts Digest: Lawyers may participate in programs to provide financial support for legal services through deposit in a commingled interest-bearing account of client funds held for a short period … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #553 – 11/08/1983 (34-83) costs, litigation Topic: Loan by attorney to client Digest: Attorney may not lend funds to client to permit client to bid on matrimonial property ordered to be sold pursuant to equitable distribution decree Code: DR 5(103)(A) and (B) QUESTION May an … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #552 – 10/31/1983 (35-83) endorsements of political candidates by, political activity, prosecutors Clarifies N.Y. State 272 (1972) and N.Y. State 537 (1981) Topic: Prosecuting attorneys; political activities; endorsement of successor candidate Digest: Incumbent district attorney not running for reelection may endorse a successor candidate … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #551 – 10/04/1983 (21-83) part-time public official or employee, public Topic: Assigned counsel: acceptance of unrelated fee-generating matters for same client Digest: Assigned counsel may represent client in unrelated fee generating matters under certain circumstances Code: EC 2-16, 2-25, 2-29, 8-3, DR 2-103(D), 2-104(C), 2-106 … Continued