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- Adopted: July 19, 2024Opinion provides that a lawyer may allow a third-party business to install a self-service kiosk in the lawyer’s office for the provision of ignitio...
- Adopted: July 21, 2023Opinion rules that a confidentiality clause contained in a settlement agreement that restricts a lawyer’s ability to practice law violates Rule 5.6.
- Adopted: April 21, 2023Opinion clarifies a lawyer’s professional responsibility when closing and/or selling a law practice and when handling aged client files.
- Adopted: July 22, 2022Opinion rules that a lawyer may be included in an allied professional’s list of recommended lawyers provided that the professional does not dissemi...
- Adopted: July 22, 2022Opinion rules that a privately retained lawyer may provide limited representation to a criminal defendant who has been appointed counsel if the lim...
- Adopted: July 16, 2021Opinion discusses a lawyer’s professional responsibility to safeguard entrusted funds by identifying and avoiding purported transactions involving ...
- Adopted: January 15, 2021Opinion discusses a lawyer’s professional responsibility to inform clients about relevant, potential fraudulent attempts to improperly acquire clie...
- Adopted: April 26, 2019Opinion rules that an ongoing sexual relationship between opposing counsel creates a conflict of interest in violation of Rule 1.7(a).
- Adopted: October 27, 2017Opinion rules that an agreement between law firms engaged in merger negotiations not to solicit or hire lawyers from the other firm for a relativel...
- Adopted: October 27, 2017Opinion rules that a lawyer representing an estate must maintain the checking account for the estate in accordance with Rule 1.15 consistent with t...
- Adopted: July 28, 2017Opinion rules that a billboard advertisement need not contain the lawyer’s name, firm name, or the firm’s office address if the URL address on the ...
- Adopted: April 21, 2017Opinion rules that lawyers may advertise through a text message service that allows the user to initiate live telephone communication.
- Adopted: April 17, 2015Opinion rules that a lawyer may not offer a computer tablet to a prospective client in a direct mail solicitation letter.
- Adopted: January 23, 2015Opinion rules that a lawyer who handles adoptions as part of her or his law practice and also owns a financial interest in a for-profit adoption ag...
- Adopted: July 25, 2014Opinion rules that a lawyer may send a subpoena for medical records to an entity covered by HIPAA without providing the assurances necessary for th...
- Adopted: July 25, 2014Opinion analyzes the responsibilities of the partners and supervisory lawyers in a firm when another firm lawyer has a mental impairment.
- Adopted: April 25, 2014Opinion encourages government lawyers to engage in pro bono representation unless prohibited by law from doing so.
- Adopted: October 25, 2013Opinion provides guidance to lawyers who work for a public interest law organization that provides legal and non-legal services to its clientele an...
- 2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 1 - Release/Dismissal Agreement Offered by Prosecutor to Convicted PersonAdopted: October 15, 2013Opinion rules that, subject to conditions, a prosecutor may enter into an agreement to consent to vacating a conviction upon the convicted person’s...
- Adopted: July 19, 2013Opinion examines the ethical duties of a lawyer representing both the buyer and the seller on the purchase of a foreclosure property and the lawyer...
- Adopted: January 25, 2013Opinion rules that the advertising content displayed on certain gift or promotional items does not have to include an office address.
- Adopted: October 26, 2012Opinion rules that a law firm may use a leased time-shared office address or a post office address to satisfy the address disclosure requirement fo...
- Adopted: October 26, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer representing an employer must evaluate whether email messages an employee sent to and received from the employee’s lawy...
- Adopted: April 27, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer may not agree to procure title insurance exclusively from a particular title insurance agency on every transaction refe...
- Adopted: January 27, 2012Opinion rules that a law firm may use online banking to manage its trust accounts provided the firm’s managing lawyers are regularly educated on th...
- Adopted: January 27, 2012Opinion rules that a lawyer may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the lawyer uses reasonable care to safeguard confidential ...
- Adopted: October 21, 2011Opinion rules that, pursuant to the North Carolina Public Records Act, a lawyer may communicate with a government official for the purpose of ident...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion rules that a law firm may charge a client for the expenses associated with an out-of-office consultation so long as advertisements referenc...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion rules that a lawyer may place an advertisement for employment in practice areas in which the lawyer does not have experience only if the la...
- Adopted: January 21, 2011Opinion rules that a hiring law firm may ask an incoming law school graduate to provide sufficient information as to his prior legal experience so ...
- Adopted: April 16, 2010Opinion rules that the lawyer for a child support enforcement program that brings an action for child support on behalf of the government does not ...
- Adopted: January 15, 2010Opinion rules that a lawyer may serve as the trustee in a foreclosure proceeding while simultaneously representing the beneficiary of the deed of t...
- Adopted: January 23, 2009Opinion rules that a lawyer appointed to represent a parent at the trial of a juvenile case may file a notice of appeal to preserve the client's ri...
- Adopted: January 23, 2009Opinion rules that a lawyer who represented the trustee or served as the trustee in a foreclosure proceeding at which the lender acquired the subje...
- Adopted: July 18, 2008Opinion rules that a lawyer may issue a subpoena in compliance with Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure which authorizes a subpoena for the pro...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion provides guidance on miscellaneous issues relative to client seminars and solicitation, gifts to clients and others following referrals, di...
- Adopted: April 25, 2008Opinion rules that a lawyer may outsource limited legal support services to a foreign lawyer or a nonlawyer (collectively "foreign assistants") pro...
- Adopted: January 25, 2008Opinion rules that, to insure honest billing predicated on hourly charges, the lawyer must establish a reasonable hourly rate for his services and ...
- Adopted: July 13, 2007Opinion rules that a law firm may not continue to use a former member's surname in the law firm name if the member continues the practice of law wi...
- Adopted: April 20, 2007Opinion rules that a partnership, shareholders, or other similar agreement may include a repurchase or buy-out provision that takes into account th...
- Adopted: January 19, 2007Opinion rules that a lawyer may charge a reasonable dormancy fee against unclaimed funds if the client agrees in advance and the fee meets other st...
- Adopted: July 21, 2006Opinion rules that a lawyer must use reasonable care under the circumstances to protect from disclosure a client's confidential health information ...
- Adopted: April 21, 2006Opinion rules that absent consent to disclose from the parent, a lawyer may not reveal confidences received from a parent seeking representation of...
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion addresses ethical concerns raised by an internet-based or virtual law practice and the provision of unbundled legal services.
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion examines the requirements for an interim account used to pay the costs for real estate closings and also rules that the actual costs may be...
- Adopted: January 20, 2006Opinion explores a lawyer's obligation to return legal fees when a third party is the payor.
- Adopted: October 21, 2005Opinion rules that an attorney may recommend that a prospective client use a computer in the attorney's office and the services of an Internet-base...
- Adopted: October 21, 2004Opinion rules that a trade name for a law firm that implies an affiliation with a financial planning company is misleading and prohibited.
- Adopted: October 21, 2004Opinion rules that if a current representation requires cross-examination of a former client using confidential information gained in the prior rep...
- Adopted: April 23, 2004Opinion rules that an attorney may not offer promotional merchandise in a targeted direct mail solicitation letter as an inducement to call the att...
- Adopted: April 27, 2001Opinion rules that there is no prohibition on a law firm entering into a contract with a management firm to administer the firm provided the lawyer...
- Adopted: April 27, 2001Opinion rules that a lawyer may settle a tort claim by making disbursements from a trust account in reliance upon the deposit of funds provisionall...
- Adopted: January 18, 2001Opinion explores the situations in which a lawyer who is also a CPA may provide legal services and accounting services from the same office.
- Adopted: January 18, 2001Opinion rules that a lawyer acting as a notary must follow the law when acknowledging a signature on a document.
- 99 Formal Ethics Opinion 13 - Supervision of Paralegal Closing a Residential Real Estate TransactionAdopted: July 21, 2000Opinion rules that competent practice requires the presence of the closing lawyer at a residential real estate closing conference to explain the do...
- Adopted: July 19, 2000Opinion rules that a lawyer with knowledge that a former client is defrauding a bankruptcy court may reveal the confidences of the former client to...
- Adopted: January 21, 2000Opinion rules that an insurance defense lawyer may not submit billing information to an independent audit company at the insurance carrier's reques...
- Adopted: July 23, 1999Opinion rules that whether the lawyer for a residential real estate closing must obtain the cancellation of record of a prior deed of trust depends...
- Adopted: April 23, 1999Opinion rules that a defense lawyer may suggest that the records custodian of plaintiff's medical record deliver the medical record to the lawyer's...
- Adopted: April 23, 1999Opinion provides guidelines for a lawyer representing a client with a civil claim that also constitutes a crime.
- Adopted: April 23, 1999Opinion rules that lawyers in different field offices of Legal Services of North Carolina may represent clients with materially adverse interests p...
- Adopted: January 15, 1999Opinion rules that a lawyer may not comply with an insurance carrier's billing requirements and guidelines if they interfere with the lawyer's abil...
- Adopted: July 16, 1998Opinion rules that a lawyer may charge a client the actual cost of retrieving a closed client file from storage, subject to certain conditions, pro...
- Adopted: April 16, 1998Opinion rules that a defense lawyer may remain silent while the prosecutor presents an inaccurate driving record to the court provided the lawyer a...
- Adopted: April 16, 1998Opinion rules that a law firm may employ a disbarred lawyer as a paralegal provided the firm accepts no new clients who were clients of the disbarr...
- Adopted: January 16, 1998Opinion rules that a lawyer must give the opposing counsel a copy of a proposed order simultaneously with the lawyer's submission of the proposed o...
- Adopted: January 15, 1998Opinion rules that a lawyer may explain the effect of service of process to a client but may not advise a client to evade service of process.
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may not issue a subpoena containing misrepresentations as to the pendency of an action, the date or location of a heari...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may participate in a directory of lawyers on the Internet if the information about the lawyer in the directory is truth...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that a lawyer may send a letter describing his services to the incorporators of a new business provided the words "This is an adverti...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that although a lawyer asks a prospective client to sign a form stating that no client-lawyer relationship will be created by reason ...
- Adopted: January 24, 1997Opinion rules that it is prejudicial to the administration of justice for a prosecutor to threaten to use his discretion to schedule a criminal tri...
- Adopted: October 18, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer may display truthful information about the lawyer's legal services on a World Wide Web site on the Internet.
- Adopted: July 26, 1996Opinion rules that a lawyer representing a client on a good faith claim for social security disability benefits may withhold evidence of an adverse...
- Adopted: April 12, 1996Opinion rules that when a law firm receives funds that are not identified as client funds, the firm must investigate the ownership of the funds and...
- Adopted: January 12, 1996Opinion provides guidelines for the disposal of closed client files.
- Adopted: January 12, 1996Opinion rules that when a lawyer's reasonable attempts to locate a client are unsuccessful, the client's disappearance constitutes a constructive d...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that a local or remote call forwarding telephone number may not be included in an advertisement for legal services disseminated in a ...
- Adopted: October 20, 1995Opinion rules that absent a court order or law requiring delivery of physical evidence of a crime to the authorities, a lawyer for a criminal defen...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion explores the circumstances under which a lawyer who is also a real estate salesperson may close real estate transactions brokered by the re...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion rules that the lawyers remaining with a firm may contact by phone or in person clients whose legal matters were handled exclusively by a la...
- Adopted: January 13, 1995Opinion addresses the ethical responsibilities of a lawyer appointed to represent a criminal defendant in a capital case who, in good faith, believ...
- Adopted: October 21, 1994Opinion rules that the members of a district attorney's staff may not give legal advice about pleas to lesser included infractions to an unrepresen...
- Adopted: January 14, 1994Opinion rules that a lawyer is not required to provide a former client with copies of title notes and may charge a former client for copies of docu...
- Adopted: April 16, 1993Opinion rules that a lawyer may not communicate with an adverse corporate party's house counsel, who appears in the case as a corporate manager, wi...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that prosecutors and defense attorneys may negotiate plea agreements in which appellate and postconviction rights are waived, except ...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that a lawyer may not represent an estate in litigation against a claimant where the lawyer's testimony may be necessary to resolve t...
- Adopted: January 15, 1993Opinion rules that in cases of multiple representation a lawyer who has been discharged by one client must deliver to that client as part of that c...
- Adopted: October 23, 1992Opinion rules that a law firm may accept employment on behalf of a governing board upon which its partner sits if such is otherwise lawful.
- Adopted: July 17, 1992Opinion rules that a law firm may make its waste paper available for recycling.
- Adopted: July 17, 1992Opinion rules that a lawyer may notarize documents which are to be used in legal proceedings in which the lawyer appears.
- Adopted: January 17, 1992Opinion rules that a member of the attorney general's staff may not consult ex parte with a trial court judge if it is likely that that lawyer will...
- Adopted: October 18, 1991Opinion rules that lawyers may not hold themselves out as practicing in a partnership unless the lawyers are actually partners.
- Adopted: July 12, 1991Opinion rules that attorneys may give legal advice and drafting assistance to persons wishing to proceed pro se without appearing as counsel of rec...
- Adopted: January 17, 1991Opinion rules that an "of counsel" relationship may exist between lawyers practicing in different towns if the professional relationship is close, ...
- Adopted: October 17, 1990Opinion rules that attorneys practicing in North Carolina who are affiliated with an interstate law firm may not permit trust funds belonging to th...
- Adopted: October 17, 1990Opinion construes the term "professional relationship" and explores the circumstances under which solicitation of persons or organizations with who...
- Adopted: July 13, 1990Opinion rules that a defense attorney may interview a child who is the prosecuting witness in a molestation case without the knowledge or consent o...
- Adopted: October 20, 1989Opinion rules that a lawyer may advance his client's fine.
- Adopted: July 14, 1989Opinion rules that the Public Defender's office should be considered as a single law firm and that staff attorneys may not represent codefendants w...
- Adopted: January 13, 1989Opinion rules that a member of the Attorney General's staff may prosecute appeals of adverse Medicaid decisions against the Department of Human Res...
- Adopted: October 28, 1988Opinion rules that an attorney who receives from his or her client a small sum of money which is to be used to pay the cost of recording a deed mus...
- Adopted: April 15, 1988Opinion rules that a law firm which has received money representing the refund of an appeal bond to a client owing substantial fees to the firm may...
- Adopted: April 15, 1988Opinion rules that a law firm may hold a seminar concerning automobile accident claims for members of the public who are randomly selected for invi...
- Adopted: January 15, 1988Opinion rules that an attorney may be designated as "of counsel" to a North Carolina law firm so long as the attorney is licensed in North Carolina...
- Adopted: October 23, 1987Opinion rules that a North Carolina firm may not list a lawyer licensed elsewhere, but not in North Carolina, as "of counsel" or as a "consulting a...
- Adopted: October 24, 1986Opinion rules that a lawyer appointed conservator of a deceased lawyer's files should comply with the instructions of the court and seek to preserv...
- Adopted: October 24, 1986Opinion rules that when married lawyers are employed in different firms and those firms represent adverse parties, neither firm is disqualified.
- Adopted: July 25, 1986Opinion states that house counsel for a mortgage bank may not represent other lenders and borrowers while serving as house counsel.
- Adopted: April 18, 1986Opinion rules that money belonging to an incarcerated client may be handled by the Public Defender as a favor and must be deposited into a trust ac...
