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Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-45
Inquirer did not have an attorney-client relationship with lawyer, and no conflict of interest exists.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-43
Attorney may represent Client in the matter involving Deadbeat Dad pending before the Family Court as Attorney's previous participation, although personal in nature, was not substantial under Rule 1.11 (a).
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-42
This Committee does not render opinions on matters of law or statutory interpretation. It does, however, undertake to guide practitioners in matters of ethical propriety. To the extent that payment of witness fees may be legally permissible, there would appear to be no ethical prohibition upon such payment being made under the facts presented.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-41
Absent resignation, an attorney who works part-time as a special prosecutor should not represent a party in a civil action where the tortfeasor is being prosecuted by the solicitor's office where the attorney works.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-40
Under certain circumstances, a lawyer may participate in a social event honoring a friend who is a judge, including the giving of a gift to a judge so long as participation in the event or the giving of the gift are not intended to, nor appear to be intended to, influence the judge.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-39
If the parties disclose, preferably on the record, that a guilty plea has previously been rejected and the reason(s) for the rejection, the plea may be presented to and accepted by another judge.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-36
Defendant corporation's attorneys may not conduct an ex parte interview of a former employee of the Plaintiff's corporation if the former employee was a member of the Plaintiff's "control group" and his admissions may bind the Plaintiff's corporation.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-35
Attorney A's representation of his client's daughter will not violate Rule 1.7, as there are no facts indicating that the interests of his client and her daughter are directly adverse or that Attorney A's representation will be materially limited by his responsibilities to his client.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-34
Attorney can enter into a contract with X to build attorney's home provided Attorney complies with the requirements of Professional Conduct Rule 1.8(a).
Ethics Advisory Opinion 97-33
An Attorney licensed to practice law in South Carolina is not ethically prohibited from physically performing a closing for South Carolina real estate outside of the boundaries of South Carolina.