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New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Malpractice Co-Counsel – Duty to Disclose Ethics Opinion 1092 Background: The inquiring attorney was engaged to represent a client on the eve of trial. The client’s prior counsel is serving as ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Unlicensed to Practice Law in New York New York Attorney’s Obligation Ethics Opinion 1091 Background: The inquiring attorney in New York State believes that an individual admitted to the practice of ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Retired Attorney Use of “Esq.” Ethics Opinion 1089 Background: The inquiring lawyer is retired from the practice of law. He may perform legal services without compensation. He asks if he may ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Disclosing Names of Prior Clients Potential Client Ethics Opinion 1088 Background: The inquiring attorney has been asked by a potential client, a co-op board, to disclose the names of other co-op ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Law Firm Internship Program Client Billing – Unpaid Interns Ethics Opinion 1090 Background: A law school has a student-intern program in which student interns work for local law firms and receive ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Conflict of Interest Referral to Investment Firm Opinion 1086 Background: The inquiring attorney represents clients in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. Some of the attorney’s clients receive large sums of ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Conduct Initial Consultation Cancellation Fee Ethics Opinion 1086 Background: A law firm wishes to discourage the cancellation of initial consultation appointments without reasonable advance notice and the resulting of its ability to ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Conflicts Check Incomplete Information – Duty to Avoid Conflict Ethics Opinion 1085 Background: The inquiring attorney is a law student permitted to practice under the supervision of a law school clinic. ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Confidential Information Deceased Client – Information Exonerating Co-Defendant Ethics Opinion 1084 Background: While the inquiring attorney was representing a client charged with fraud, the client revealed information to the inquiring attorney ...

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Unauthorized Practice of Law Legal Services Debt Management Company Ethics Opinion 1081 Background: Two inquiring attorneys are employed by a debt management company. The lawyers work under the direction of a ...

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New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Conflict of Interest Assigned Counsel – Part-time Department of Social Services Ethics Opinion 1074 Background: The inquiring attorney is a part-time attorney employed by a county’s Department of Social Services. He ...

NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics PARTNERSHIP WITH A FOREIGN LAWYER Obligation to Inquire into Qualifications Ethics Opinion 1072 Background: The inquiring attorney would like to form a partnership with a Japanese “benrishi,” a professional licensed to practice intellectual property law ...