NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #511 – 04/23/1979 (74-78) conflict of interests, disqualification, judges, partnership Modified by N.Y. State 574 (1986) Topic: Judges; disqualification; prior representation of judge by lawyer Digest: Lawyer who represented judge, as well as lawyer’s partners and associates, may not appear before that judge Code: Canon … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #510 – 04/16/1979 (14-79) appearance, conflict of interets, part-time public, tax, town Topic: Deputy Town Supervisor; conflict of interest; appearance of impropriety Digest: Improper for deputy town supervisor to represent clients in tax certiorari proceedings or other litigation involving town Code: Canon 9; EC 8-8, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #509 – 04/06/1979 (5-79) partnership, professional Topic: Professional corporation as partner of law firm Digest: Professional corporation may be partner of law firm provided corporation’s status and participation is made clear Code: EC 2-11; DR 2-102(B) and (C) QUESTION May a law firm, practicing in … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #508 – 03/29/1979 (80-78) advertisements, education, mailling, solicitation Topic: Advertising; solicitation; legal seminar; promotion by mail to non-lawyers Digest: In the absence of judicial holding to the contrary, law firm may organize and promote by mail legal seminar designed for nonlawyers Code: EC 1-5, 2-2; … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #507 – 03/27/1979 (69-78) advertisements, mailing, newspaper, self-laudation, solicitation Topic: Advertising; solicitation of employment; letters to non-lawyers Digest: A lawyer’s advertisement which satisfies the test of DR 2-101 may properly be mailed to non-lawyers with whom the lawyer maintains no special relationship, in the absence … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #506 – 02/26/1979 (77-78) appearance, conflict of interests, part-time public, prosecutors, public Topic: Disqualification of counsel; appearance of impropriety; assistant county attorney; client in private practice Digest: Assistant county attorney may not privately represent wife in seeking to enforce separation agreement where he had represented … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #505 02/09/1979 (63-78) advertisements, mailing, newspapers Topic: Advertising and publicity; announcement cards; opening of office Digest: Lawyer may encourage local newspaper to publish article about the opening of his office provided nothing of value is given to promote its publication; announcement cards may be sent … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #504 02/06/1979 (68-78) part-time public, prosecutors Topic: County attorney; conflict of interest Digest: Improper for county attorney to represent real property owner in assessment review proceeding. Code: Canon 9; EC 5-15, 8-8; DR 5-105 QUESTION May a county attorney represent private property owners in administrative … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #503 – 02/01/1979 (67-78) confidences, employee, paralegals Topic: Confidences and secrets of client; paralegal Digest: Lawyer is bound not to reveal confidences and secrets acquired while employed as a paralegal prior to his admission to the Bar Code: Canons 4, 7 and 9; EC 1-5, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #502 – 01/15/1979 (58-78) conflict of interests, disqualification, litigation, part-time public, prosecutors, representing Modifies #313 Topic: Disqualification of counsel; appearance of impropriety; former assistant district attorney Digest: Former assistant district attorney may represent persons who were indicted during his employment by district attorney’s office where … Continued