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Comments Off on New York Professional Responsibility Developments Since November 2011: Part 2 — The Battle Over Pro Bono
By Roy D. Simon, Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics Emeritus Last month in Part 1 of my review of developments in New York legal ethics since Lazar Emanuel’s untimely death in November 2011, I ended on the optimistic note that the process for amending...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 2009] As the City Bar’s Committee on Professional and Legal Ethics has informed us, there is a growing trend among law firms to pay referral fees to pro bono organizations for referrals of...
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Comments Off on Undeniably Important — Pro Bono Work Made Easier By Recent Ethics Developments
By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR September 2008] The words “pro bono publico,” a Latin phrase meaning “for the public good,” is one expression that all attorneys and many clients know. In the practice of law, the public good...
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Comments Off on Conflicts of Interest & ‘Limited Service’ ProBono Programs: New DR 5-101-a
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR May 2008] On Nov. 9, 2007, effective immediately, the four Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions issued a new Disciplinary Rule, §1200.20-a, entitled “Participation in Limited Pro Bono Legal...
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Comments Off on ABA Adopts Three New Rules
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] At its February 2002 Mid-Year Meeting, the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted three brand new ethics rules that are now officially incorporated into the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct....
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Comments Off on Pro Bono Matrimonial Retainer May Provide for Fee Application
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2001] NYSBA Opinion 739, issued on April 16, 2001, deals with lawyers who have agreed to take pro bono client assignments from a lawyer referral service sponsored by a bar association. The question...
