Recent N.Y. Ethics Opinions: January 2016

Here are summaries of ethics opinions issued July and August 2015. The opinions were issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics. NYLER will continue to provide updates on new ethics opinions issued by NYSBA and other ethics committees in New York State.

For information about how to obtain an ethics opinion from the NYS Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, please visit http://www.nysba.org/Ethics/.

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION OPINIONS

NYSBA Ethics Op. 1067 (July 27, 2015):
Current Client-Prospective Client Conflicts of Interest and the Duty to Inform

Opinion 1067 addresses a law firm's ethical duties when an adversary in one matter inadvertently becomes a prospective client of the firm. The law firm represents a father, who was a long-time client ("Father"), in a highly contested proceeding brought by Father's adult child ("Child") over the guardianship of Father's wife. Several months after the guardianship proceeding ended, Child