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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Full-Time Attorney Part-Time Town Justice Opinion 10-98 Background: A full-time court attorney asked whether he may retain his position and also serve as a part-time town justice in the same county. The court attorney also ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Acting as Treasurer Opinion 10-68 Background: A part-time judge asks whether he may serve as a treasurer of a county bar association. The treasurer’s responsibilities would include paying bills on behalf of the association and ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney Misconduct Reporting Opinion 10-85 Background: Over the course of a proceeding, an attorney admitted to a judge that he improperly notarized his client’s signature, purportedly as a matter of convenience. The inquiring judge stated ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Serving on a Committee Legislative Matters Opinion 10-79 Background: An attorney has asked the inquiring judge to serve on a committee formed to urge a county legislature to adopt a resolution naming a court building ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Post-Retirement Employment Discussions Opinion 10-78 Background: A full-time judge who was contemplating retirement asks whether he may preside in matters involving a law firm with whom he had informal meetings on the topic of his ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Conflicts of Interest Associated with Two Firms Opinion 876 Background: Two law firms are separate law firms located in different cities over 200 miles apart. The law firms do not share office space and have ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney Advertising Website Content Opinion 877 Questions: May a lawyer list, in his Web biography, his former partnership positions in other firms? May a lawyer, on his website, quote favorable comments about his work that ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney Advertisements Pictures of Staff Opinion 851 Question: May an advertisement of a law firm feature a photograph of the entire firm, including non-lawyer staff such as paralegals and secretaries? Opinion: An advertisement for a law ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney Advertisements Newsletters — Home Page Opinion 848 Background: The inquiring law firm contemplated publishing an educational newsletter intended to be informative. The law firm intended to publish the newsletter in both electronic and hard copy ...

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 NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Fee Arrangements Non-Testifying Expert Opinion 175 Background: An out-of-state lawyer has requested that a lawyer admitted to practice in New York to handle a case as co-counsel to the out-of-state lawyer. The out-of-state lawyer has ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Conflict of Interest Part-time Prosecutor Opinion 874 Background: The inquirer represents criminal defendants in town courts. He was offered a part-time position as a prosecutor to handle vehicle and traffic matters in a local justice ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Fee Arrangements Non-Testifying Expert Opinion 175 Background: An out-of-state lawyer has requested that a lawyer admitted to practice in New York to handle a case as co-counsel to the out-of-state lawyer. The out-of-state lawyer has ...

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