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Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-35
A lawyer wishes to donate legal services to be auctioned at a fund-raising for a charity or other organization for a "good cause." Such conduct is not in violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-34
An attorney is not required to decline representation of a creditor in other divisions of the Bankruptcy Court when he is a trustee in one division and never represents the creditor in that division. The attorney should simply comply with the provisions of Rule 1.7 (b) of the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-33
The attorney cannot continue to represent both Mary and Barbara as there is a built-in conflict of interest. To attempt to conclude Mary's case before becoming actively involved in Barbara's would be a failure to zealously represent Mary and be in direct conflict to Mary's interest.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-32
The active involvement of a third party, in this case the ABC corporation, in the conduct of a client's case presents a situation which is fraught with the potential danger of ethical violations.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-31
Lawyer may not advance money to Client to pay the cost of a rental car prior to settlement since that is not a cost of litigation.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-30
Provided that the attorney is employed merely to perform the ministerial act of signing the closing documents, the Rules of Professional Conduct are not implicated.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-29
In a case where a lawyer, former law 91黑料爆料rk to a circuit court judge, desires to represent a client on appeal who was tried previously before the same judge when the attorney was a 91黑料爆料rk, Rule 1.12(a) of the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct would prohibit the representation if the lawyer participated personally and substantially in the trial.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-28
No provision of the Rules of Professional Conduct require the lawyer/legislator to disclose to a client the fact that representation of the client by the lawyer-legislator will ultimately be made public.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-27
Use of the phrase "Workers Compensation Legal Clinic" constitutes use of a trade name in violation of Rules 7.2 and 7.5, because it implies that the clinic is sponsored by the Worker's Compensation Commission, and the lawyer responsible for the advertisement is not named.
Ethics Advisory Opinion 91-26
An attorney under Rule 3.7 of the Rules of Professional Conduct may not act as a witness in a case in which the lawyer is serving as advocate except where ...