Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #1990-91/11 Conflict of Interest: Client Gift to a Relative of a Firm Associate (Prohibited Transactions) May 9, 1991 ANNOTATION: A lawyer is prohibited from preparing an instrument giving the lawyer or the lawyer’s relative any substantial gift from a client, including a testamentary gift. (Rule 1.8(c)). While lawyers are associated in … Read more
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1990-91/15 Contingent Fee Arrangement for a Domestic Matter September 12, 1991 ANNOTATION: New Hampshire’s version of Rule 1.5(d) (prohibiting a contingency fee “in a domestic relations matter”) is more stringent and all-inclusive than the ABA Model Rule, and would prohibit representing a client on a contingency fee basis in either (1) … Read more
Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #1992‑93/1 Conflicts of Interest: Office of Child Support Attorneys Providing Services to ADFC Recipients and Non‑AFDC Recipients November 18, 1992 ANNOTATION: An attorney may share fees with a disbarred attorney who referred a case to the extent that the right to receive those fees accrued before disbarment. (Rule 5.4(a)) The receiving … Read more
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1992‑93/2 Conflict of Interest: Lawyer Member of City Council Opposing City Employees in Court November 18, 1992 ANNOTATION: The Rules of Professional Conduct do not prohibit a lawyer who is a city councilor, or members of the lawyer‑official’s firm, from representing criminal defendants in the courts where the lawyer‑official does not … Read more
Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #1992‑93/3 Conflicts of Interest: Office of Child Support Attorneys Providing Services to ADFC Recipients and Non‑AFDC Recipients January 14, 1993 ANNOTATION: Assuming that an Office of Child Support Enforcement Services (OCSES) lawyer represents only the State when securing or enforcing support obligations for a custodial parent, the lawyer does not represent … Read more
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1992‑93/5 Attorneys as “Partisan” Arbitrators: Insurer’s Counsel Serving on Arbitration Panel in Unrelated Claim Involving Insurer January 19, 1993 ANNOTATION: A lawyer must not sit as a member of an arbitration panel while representing one of the parties (e.g. insurance company) to the arbitration in an unrelated matter. (Rule 1.12) A … Read more
Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #1992‑93/6 Advertising/Solicitation: Distribution of Business Cards February 10, 1993 ANNOTATION: A lawyer who posts business cards in an area where the cards might be seen by persons not known to need legal services of the kind provided by the lawyer but who might find such services useful does not thereby engage … Read more
Ethics Committee Formal Opinion #1992‑93/7 Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel Before The Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board February 19, 1993 ANNOTATION: An attorney representing an insurance company may appear before a Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board where the Board’s “pro‑insurance” member is an employee of another client of the attorney. (Rule 1.7) An attorney representing an … Read more
Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #1992‑93/8 Letterhead Listing/Dual Practice April 15, 1993 ANNOTATION: Unlike restrictions under the prior Code of Professional Conduct, under the current Rules an attorney may include on a letterhead an indication that the attorney is a licensed engineer as well as an attorney, when such information is accurate. (Rule 7.1; 7.5) OPINION … Read more