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New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Confidential information Disclosure – Client consent – Disclosure of any personal, financial, or business interest Ethics Opinion 1161 Background: The inquiring attorney is a real estate transactional lawyer. The custom in ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Conflict of interest Taxation authority – New employment – Changing the tax code Ethics Opinion 1158 Background: The inquiring attorney works for the Internal Revenue Service. He has worked on a ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Fee sharing Estate of deceased lawyer Ethics Opinion 1159 Background: The inquiring attorney was an associate in a firm wholly owned by the firm’s senior lawyer. The firm represented plaintiffs on ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Referral fees Tax credit business – Consultant – Employee – Owner Ethics Opinion 1162 Background: The inquiring attorney is a patent attorney licensed in New York. He now seeks to start ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Confidential information Disclosure – Client consent – Disclosure of any personal, financial, or business interest Ethics Opinion 1161 Background: The inquiring attorney is a real estate transactional lawyer. The custom in ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Legal and non-legal services Single entity Ethics Opinion 1157 Background: The inquiring attorney is both an attorney and a licensed professional engineer. The inquirer wishes to establish a single-member professional entity, ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney’s fee Securing fee obligation with a mortgage Ethics Opinion 1156 Background: The inquiring attorney represents a client in a domestic relations matter that resulted in a judgment of divorce. The ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Dual practice Attorney – Financial planner Ethics Opinion 1155 Background: The inquiring attorney is a family/matrimonial attorney. In that capacity he prepares statements of net worth and value assets for settlement ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Duty to communicate to client of insurance-assigned counsel Ethics Opinion 1154 Background: The inquiring attorney is a New York attorney whom an insurance carrier chose to defend an indemnification counterclaim stemming ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Third-party payer Duty to communicate with client of insurance-assigned counsel Ethics Opinion 1154 Background: The inquiring attorney is an attorney whom an insurance carrier chose to defend an indemnification counterclaim stemming ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Conflict of interest County attorney – County sponsored community college board Ethics Opinion 1153 Background: A county legislature appointed the inquiring lawyer as county attorney. It is a full-time position overseeing ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Law Firm Name – Lawyer’s First Name Only Ethics Opinion 1152 Background: The inquiring attorney practices law in both New York and other jurisdictions. The inquirer’s surname is shared by a ...