1944 | 1 | Candidate for Supreme Court not to express opinion on prior Supreme Court Decision | N/A |
1956 | 2 | Advertising | Obsolete |
1956 | 3 | "Hanging a Shingle" is OK | N/A |
1957 | 4 | Lawyer w/ second Occupation (Real Estate) | See #6, 103, 109 |
1957 | 5 | Judge as Executor of Estate | Disavowed |
1957 | 6 | Lawyer as Insurance Adjustor | See #4, 103, 109 and ABA #47 |
1958 | 7 | Lawyer in Phone Book | Obsolete |
1958 | 8 | Fee Schedules, etc. | Obsolete |
1958 | 9 | Referral Limitations/Tax Collector-Advisor Conflict of Interest | N/A |
1958 | 10 | County Attorney not to act as Defense Counsel | See #50, 77, 105 |
1959 | 11 | Dual Capacity/Advertising/Joint Ads | See #103, 109, 4, 6 |
1959 | 12 | Judicial Education | Obsolete |
1959 | 13 | OK to file suit even if SOL has Run | ABA Op. 272 |
1959 | 14 | Not OK to Lie to Client | N/A |
1959 | 16 | Public Attorney Partnership w/ Private Attorney | N/A |
1959 | 20 | Judge not to solicit support in campaign | N/A |
1959 | 21 | Divorce Cases - contingent fees no good (support, etc. - read this) | N/A |
1960 | 26 | Advertising/Shingle | Probably obsolete |
1960 | 27 | 2nd Lawyer no duty as to 1st lawyer's unpaid fee/local custom | Also see #27 |
1960 | 28 | Prosecutor/Deputy prosecutor-different law firms-conflicts | See #10, 17, 18, 105 |
1961 | 29 | Firm Name: can't mislead as to who partners are, or were | N/A |
1961 | 30 | Divison of Fees, disclosure to client, finder's fee | See #24 |
1961 | 31 | Prosecutors/private employment/possible conflicts | N/A |
1961 | 32 | Prosecutor/private case - if same facts - no good. Good overview of this Area | See ABA Opinion #135 |
1962 | 33 | Title company/realtor-lawyer as drafter of deeds, etc. | Not permitted |
1962 | 34 | Conflict of Interest/former client/appearance of impropriety | N/A |
1962 | 35 | Conflict/dual representation/consent ineffective | See #93 |
1962 | 37 | Collection Agencies/role of credit agency/use of letterhead | N/A |
1962 | 38 | Judge as Attorney | Obsolete |
1962 | 39 | Court Reporter - court personnel/opposing counsel | N/A |
1963 | 40 | Bank as Trustee/conflict of interest/solicitation/appearance of impropriety | N/A |
1963 | 41 | City Attorney as criminal Defender | Superseded by #105 |
1964 | 42 | Not Unethical for Lawyers to "Take the 5th" | N/A |
1964 | 43 | Deputy Prosecutor: same fact situation - conflict | See #18, 32 |
1964 | 44 | Client belongs to firm, not lawyer re: announcements of leaving, solicitation, encroachment | See #108 |
1966 | 45 | Telephone listings in area not served by Lawyer | See #63 |
1968 | 47 | Duty of Diligence-court appointments, duty not to excuse | N/A |
1969 | 48 | Re: Credit Card Payment of Fees - Adopts ABA #1120 | Superseded by #70 |
1969 | 49 | Non-partners in same office-generally shouldn't oppose each other | See #94 |
1971 | 50 | Prosecutor/City Attorney as Defender - no good. See "2 Public Employees" Notion | See #105 |
1971 | 51 | City Attorney's Firm can't Defend Criminals | Superseded by #105 |
1971 | 52 | Use of Retired/Deceased Persons on letterhead | N/A |
1971 | 53 | Prosecutor/Defender Prohibition - possible exception | Also see #105 |
1971 | 54 | Threat of Criminal Prosecution/Civil matter, by Deputy DA | N/A |
1971 | 55 | OK for Public Defender/Private Criminal attorney to be partners | #84 is similar |
1972 | 56 | Lawyer as CPA | See #103, 109, obsolete |
1972 | 57 | Advertising-publication of list of members | Obsolete? |
1972 | 58 | Initially approached by "A" then represent "B"/share space w/ MD | #49, 94 |
1972 | 59 | Advertising/Public interest firms - obsolete | N/A |
1973 | 60 | Representation of county and city in same county - OK | N/A |
1973 | 61 | Attorney as Witness-when to withdraw - some changes here? | N/A |
1973 | 62 | Bidding for public agency legal contract is not permitted | See #99 |
1973 | 63 | Telephone listing of lawyers | See #45 - mostly obsolete |
1973 | 64 | Husband/wife, lawyer/clerk - possible conflicts | N/A |
1973 | 65 | Withholding services (divorce) until bill paid - improper | N/A |
1973 | 66 | Unrepresented person - giving forms to sign, giving them advice - OK for receipt of service of process | N/A |
1973 | 67 | Propriety of acting as attorney for Group (student groups, etc.) | N/A |
1973 | 68 | Letterhead - inactive members in govt. service | See #16, 52, 109 |
1973 | 69 | Conflict and Remedies - member of public body and clients before it | N/A |
1973 | 70 | Credit Card Payment OK, no "discounts" or "Specials" | Overrules #48 |
1974 | 72 | Lawyer advertising in "Job Wanted" context | Obsolete |
1974 | 73 | Advertising - New Associate | Obsolete |
1974 | 74 | Prosecutor not to challenge constitutionality of statute-conflict | See #91 |
1974 | 75 | Confidentiality - both parties, husband & wife, dead, contract to will - charitable beneficiary | N/A |
1974 | 76 | Public Defender, paid by county, opposing county - OK. County not real client | N/A |
1974 | 77 | Part-time Juvenile Prosecutor - still conflicts w/ criminal defense work | See #10, 53 |
1974 | 78 | Obligation to undertake indigent representation | N/A |
1974 | 79 | Broad discussion of "moral" charge lawyers - also husband/wife representation | N/A |
1974 | 80 | Conflict: Lawyer is adversary and on Disciplinary Board v. same lawyer | N/A |
1974 | 81 | No Conflict AG employee as hearing officer and drafter | Page missing |
1974 | 82 | Judge owning property with former partners | N/A |
1974 | 83 | Lawyer as witness should avoid all legal work on client's case | See #15, 61 |
1974 | 84 | OK for public defender's partners to do private criminal defense | See #55, 100 |
1975 | 85 | Public attorneys - criminal defense | Superseded by #105 |
1975 | 86 | Possible conflicts of agencies (ILAS, etc.) right to withdraw upon discovering indigency | N/A |
1975 | 87 | Group legal services - permissible boundaries | N/A |
1975 | 88 | Dual Professions - CPA | See #103, 109 |
1975 | 89 | Criminal Attorney can post bail for client - (probably) | N/A |
1975 | 90 | City Attorney as criminal Defender | Superseded by #105 |
1975 | 91 | AG Conflict (both sides) conflict generally public can't consent | Also see #74 |
1975 | 92 | Public Disclosures - Lawyer's Duty to a) not try case in press, and b) encourage client to do same | N/A |
1976 | 93 | Non-Opinion on handling both sides in "Friendly" case | Also see #35 |
1976 | 94 | Share office space - conflict to handle both sides | See #49 |
1976 | 95 | Suing for Attorney's fees/"Attorneys Fees" in those cases | N/A |
1977 | 96 | Attorney-Client Privilege - Fugitive - no reveal to FBI | N/A |
1977 | 97 | Lawyer as "Answer-Man" in paper | Partially obsolete |
1977 | 98 | Contributions to Judicial Campaigns | N/A |
1977 | 99 | Unethical to propose oneself as Public Defender if no prior intention to have such post. | See #62 |
1977 | 100 | Public Defender - partners to do some criminal work - he does civil - OK | See #55, 84 |
1981 | 103 | Dual Professions - financial consulting | See also #11, 88, 109 |
1981 | 104 | Unethical to pay a contingent fee to a "Witness Finder" | N/A |
1981 | 105 | City Attorney may represent Defendants in certain cases | N/A |
1981 | 106 | Unethical to seat imposter at counsel table for mis-identification | N/A |
1981 | 107 | Improper Advertising - fail to clearly identify "AD" | N/A |
1981 | 108 | Covenant not to compete - unethical between lawyers | See #44 |
1981 | 109 | Dual Professions/Letterhead OK/bad to have non-lawyers on letterhead | N/A |
1982 | 110 | Sharing office space not a conflict - but... | See #94, 49 |
1982 | 111 | Donation of legal services to charitable auction - unethical | N/A |
1982 | 112 | Yellow Pages Listing | N/A |
1983 | 113 | Any ethical problems arise when a father and son, who are also attorneys, practice in the same community where one is prosecuting attorney and the other intends to defend criminal cases | N/A |
1983 | 114 | Propriety of a lawyer participating in a private attorney referral service | N/A |
1984 | 115 | Interest on trust accounts | N/A |
1984 | 116 | Interest on lawyer trust account (IOLTA) | N/A |
1986 | 117 | Propriety of attorney allowing client, a collection agency, to recover and retain attorney fees awarded by court | N/A |
1987 | 118 | Conflict - husband in private practice/wife as law clerk | N/A |
1987 | 119 | Office sharing - criminal defense attorney and part-time prosecutor | N/A |
1988 | 120 | Lawyer may properly represent client in execution of small claims judgment | N/A |
1988 | 121 | How to handle unclaimed trust funds | N/A |
1988 | 122 | Lawyer may not keep a "pad" in the trust account | N/A |
1988 | 123 | Advertising - should not advertise in city w/ no office, w/out clarification | N/A |
1988 | 124 | Calculation of contingent fees | N/A |
1988 | 125 | Application of Opinion #117 to government attorneys | N/A |
1988 | 126 | Advertising - firm names | N/A |
1989 | 127 | Solicitation - placing random calls | N/A |
1989 | 128 | Use of "Witness Finder" | N/A |
1989 | 129 | Small Claims Court | N/A |
1989 | 130 | Recording Telephone Calls | N/A |
1989 | 131 | Firm Names | N/A |
1989 | 132 | NSF Checks - prosecutor violating IRPC 4.4? | N/A |
1990 | 133 | Prosecutor defending in other jurisdictions | N/A |
1992 | 134 | Direct contact with clients | N/A |
1992 | 135 | Living Trusts | N/A |
1999 | 136 | Audit Opinion | N/A |
Undated Opinion | 15 | Lawyer as Prospective Witness | See DR 5-101, 5-102 |
Undated Opinion | 17 | Judge as Prosecutor | See #23 |
Undated Opinion | 18 | DA as Private Attorney - facts also apply in criminal case | See #32, 43 |
Undated Opinion | 19 | Criminal Defense - pleas of not guilty, indigent status, payment of court appearance fees | N/A |
Undated Opinion | 22 | Civil Case - contacting officers/directors of corporation - must be through counsel but C.F. employees | N/A |
Undated Opinion | 23 | Judge Practicing Law | Obsolete |
Undated Opinion | 24 | Lawyers refer case, duty to each other, division of fees | See #27 |
Undated Opinion | 25 | Councilman/Lawyer conflict, firm unit rule | N/A |
Undated Opinion | 36 | Collection Agencies/lawyers/fee arrangements | See #37 |
Undated Opinion | 46 | Conflict from before one becomes a Lawyer, still conflict | Adopts ABA #906 |
Undated Opinion | 71 | No conflict for AG doing paternity and back payment requests | See #37 |
Undated Opinion | 101 | What to turn over to client re: withdrawal, change of attorneys | N/A |
Undated Opinion | 102 | Fee arrangements - how to compute - construction of fee contracts | N/A |