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Ohio

Ohio Supreme Court Proposes Amendment to Code of Judicial Conduct That Would Require Resignation Before Announcing Candidacy to a Nonjudicial Office

by in First Amendment, judges, News, Professionalism. Posted April 25, 2018
The Ohio Supreme Court has proposed an amendment to the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct that would require Ohio judges to resign from judicial office before announcing or taking any action in furtherance of candidacy for any non-judicial office. The Proposal adds the term “Candidate” and defines it as
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Florida

Florida Supreme Court Adopts Amendments to Attorney Referral Rules that Allow for Non-Lawyer Ownership of a Lawyer Referral Service

by in Legal Services, News, Professionalism, Referral Services, Services, Technology. Posted April 23, 2018
In an opinion issued on March 8, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court amended the lawyer referral rules under 4-7.22 making significant changes to the rule by broadening definitions, categorizing referral companies as “qualifying providers” and “matching services”, and removing the requirement that lawyer referral services include a disclaimer.
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Criminal

New York State Bar Approves Paying Fees in a Criminal Matter from Personal Injury Settlement

by in Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted April 17, 2018
According to a recent opinion from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, attorneys who represent a client in both a criminal and civil matter are permitted to use the proceeds from the civil case to cover legal fees in the criminal defense matter.
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Attorney

Attorney is Disqualified From Representing Parent After Partner Served as GAL

by in Attorney Client Relationship, Conflict of Interest, Ethics Opinion, News, Professionalism. Posted April 5, 2018
According to a recent opinion from the Illinois State Bar Association, a lawyer cannot represent a parent in a custody or child support case because another lawyer at the firm, who had worked as a solo practitioner previously, had represented the child as a court-appointed guardian ad litem in a visitation matter. Attorney
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ABA

ABA Warns Attorney’s Posting on Public Commentaries

by in Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted March 29, 2018
The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (“ABA”) has issued Formal Opinion 480 warning lawyers who participate in online public commentaries (Twitter, Facebook, blogs etc.) that they cannot always circumvent their duty of confidentiality, under Model Rule 1.6, by positing fact patterns that include a client’s information as a “hypothetical.”
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