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NYSBA COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Promotional Gifts Hospital Care Package Ethics Opinion 937 Background: The inquiring attorney seeks to cooperate with a local hospital to provide promotional gifts that are branded with the law firm’s logo as a welcoming informational ...

NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Retiring Partner Special Counsel Opinion 936 Background: The inquiring lawyer asked whether his firm may designate a departing partner as “special counsel?” The departing partner would continue to do meaningful, substantive work through the firm, ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Compensation of Lawyer by Law Firm Third-party Payments Opinion 934 Background: The inquiring attorney, who has withdrawn as a partner in a firm but remains of counsel to the firm, asked whether he may receive compensation ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Public Defender Private Practice Opinion 935 Background: The inquiring attorney is an appointed public defender that has a staff including part-time and full-time assistants. The public defender created a practice policy for both the full-time ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Lawyer Real Estate Broker — Same Premises Opinion 933 Background: The inquiring attorney practices alone in his residence. He also conducts a real estate brokerage business in the form of a limited liability company. The ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Business Cards Attorney Photograph — Recommended Service Providers Ethics Opinion 932 Background: An inquiring attorney asked if it is ethically permissible to include on his business card a photograph of himself.  He also asked if ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics  Law Firm Name “and Associates” Opinion 931 Background: A solo practitioner employs a paralegal and would like the name of his law firm to be “X and Associates” because he feels it would give a ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Lawyer Non-lawyer — Service Agreement Ethics Opinion 930 Background: The inquiring attorney asked whether he may enter into an exclusive arrangement with an insurance agency whereby the agency would offer its clients a service requiring ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Patent Attorney Administrative Leave Opinion 929 Background: The inquiring attorney accepted a position as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The inquirer’s name will appear on the official USPTO register, but ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Legal Assistance Organization Name Opinion 928   Background: The inquiring attorney was interested in starting a nonprofit legal services organization and asked whether the terms “project” and “law center” could be used in the organization’s ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Ethics Opinion 927 Background: The inquiring attorney asked whether he may accept referrals of mortgage foreclosure cases from a non-lawyer who will pay the lawyer a monthly fee. The inquiring attorney also asked if he ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Union Member Conflict of Interest Ethics Opinion 926 Background: The inquiring attorney is an employee of a municipal corporation and member of its union. The union provides a benefit to its members in the form ...

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