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Updated through June 6, 2008
PARTNERSHIPS
(See also RETIRED ATTORNEY)
PART-TIME JUDGES (See JUDGES)
PRACTICE OF LAW
(See also UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW)
PREPAID LEGAL SERVICES (See GROUP LEGAL SERVICES)
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
(See also CRIMINAL DEFENSE REPRESENTATION)
PUBLIC OFFICIALS/EMPLOYEES
(See also JUDGES; OHIO ETHICS LAW; PROSECUTORS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS)
Child support enforcement agency attorney
Op. 2002-4 paralegal taking deposition; out-of-state attorney taking deposition in Ohio; Ohio attorney taking deposition in state outside of Ohio
Op. 06-2 solo practitioner naming law firm “The X Law Group” when “X” is the solo practitioner's surname and “X” employs one or more attorneys as associates; use of “Group” or “Law Group” or “and Associates” in a firm name; reference to paralegals, other non-attorney personnel, office sharing attorneys or other “of counsel” attorneys
PARTNERSHIPS
(See also RETIRED ATTORNEY)
Op. 88-19 holding law practice out as partnerships when attorneys no longer are partners
Op. 89-36 office sharing attorneys using joint letterhead; holding out as partners when not partners
Op. 90-14 partnership or employment agreement restricting the right of a lawyer to practice law after termination
Op. 91-3 employment agreement in which departing associate pays fees to law firm
Op. 91-4 trade name, firm name when partners licensed in different jurisdictions, direct mail, fees
PART-TIME JUDGES (See JUDGES)
Op. 95-12 payment to client of all settlement funds despite client's agreement with physician to pay medical expenses out of the proceeds of a settlement and attorneys promise to do so
PRACTICE OF LAW
(See also UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW)
Op. 88-18 legal research and writing for law firms and lawyers
Op. 88-36 judge preparing wills for relatives
Op. 89-35 lawyer's practice with more than one firm
Op. 89-31 attorney employed by a certified public accountant's firm for purpose of practicing law; practice of law in association with a layman
Op. 89-37 lawyer awaiting admission in Ohio giving legal advice directly to clients
Op. 90-6 suspended/disbarred lawyer working in law office
Op. 90-12 out of state law firm representing out-of state lending institutions regarding loans made to persons in Ohio
Op. 91-6 federal practice of attorney not licensed in any state
Op. 91-25 judge's preparation, filing, and prosecution of patent applications
PREPAID LEGAL SERVICES (See GROUP LEGAL SERVICES)
Op. 2005-7 attorney volunteering in a bar association sponsored program providing public education and pro bono legal services regarding advance directive forms; individual lawyers or law firms, acting on their own and not through a proper auspice such as a bar association, to provide public education and pro bono legal services regarding advance directive forms
Op. 87-24 prosecutor or members of prosecutor's office appearing before prosecutor's spouse who is judge
Op. 87-38 former prosecutor now referee hearing cases he or she filed; hearing cases based on new facts or circumstances involving a client for whom he or she appeared; hearing cases brought by prosecutor's office
Op. 88-8 part-time prosecutor doing criminal defense work
Op. 88-13 prosecuting attorney appearing before part-time judge who employs prosecutor's assistant in private practice
Op. 88-15 former public defender now county prosecutor appointing assistant to handle cases which were pending when he/she worked at public defender's office
Op. 88-25 extra-judicial statements related to criminal investigations, trial publicity
Op. 89-09 municipal prosecutor's duty to report that criminal defense attorney is employed in same law office as county prosecutor
Op. 89-23 part-time prosecutor who is police officer testifying as a witness
Op. 89-34 prosecutor or attorney general who represents judge in a pending law suit appearing before the judge; appearances by other members of prosecutor's office or attorney generals office; rule of necessity; disqualification
Op. 90-10 part-time prosecutor in child enforcement agency; representation of opposing parties by part-time CSEA attorney and part-time public defender who are siblings and in private practice together
Op. 91-22 representation of opposing parties by prosecuting attorney and criminal defense attorneys who are siblings and former law partners
Op. 92-7 opposing counsels communication with county commissioners outside prosecutor's presence
Op. 92-13 assistant county prosecutor in part-time practice sharing or subletting office space from attorney who does criminal defense
Op. 93-7 representation of opposing parties by prosecuting attorney and criminal defense attorney who are spouses; representation by law partners and associates of criminal defense attorney; representation by other attorneys in county prosecutor's office
Op. 94-6 special county prosecutor representing criminal defendants
Op. 94-10 prosecutor's offer to dismiss criminal charges that lack merit in exchange for a defendant's promise to release all civil claims against the police and the city
Op. 94-14 assistant prosecutor and lawyer who represents criminal defendants sharing office space and co-counseling on civil cases
Op. 95-11 different attorneys from same prosecutor's office simultaneously handling the prosecutions of family members charged with domestic violence
Op. 99-8 criminal defense attorney's duty to notify court of a clerical error in a defendant's sentence in a judgment entry drafted by the prosecutor's office; duty to notify court of a possible misinterpretation of a sentence by the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Op. 2001-6 prosecutor negotiating and criminal defense attorney advising a defendant to enter a plea agreement that waives the defendant's appellate or postconviction claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel or prosecutorial misconduct
Op. 2003-5 law director or assistant law director acting as an advocate in a trial in which another attorney in the law director's office will testify as a witness on behalf of the city
Op. 2003-7 judge appointing attorney to serve as special prosecutor in the same county (and even in the same court) in which the attorney represents criminal defendants
Op. 2007-4 city director of law determining whether conflict of interest exists in the representation of city, city officials, or city entities; representation by assistant city law directors.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
(See also CRIMINAL DEFENSE REPRESENTATION
Op. 88-2 county public defender running for county prosecutor
Op. 88-15 former public defender as prosecutor; imputed disqualification
Op. 90-10 part-time public defender and part-time CSEA attorneys who are siblings and in private practice together
Op. 2007-6 court appointed lawyer for indigent criminal defendant providing notice to defendant that lawyer does not maintain professional liability insurance
PUBLIC OFFICIALS/EMPLOYEES
(See also JUDGES; OHIO ETHICS LAW; PROSECUTORS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS)
Op. 88-10 lawyer who is commissioner with court of claims serving as a special assistant attorney general
Op. 89-34 attorney from prosecutor's office or attorney general's office representing judge
Child support enforcement agency attorney
Op. 90-10 representing interests of the state; representing criminal or traffic clients in private practice; representing domestic relations clients; representing opposing parties when sibling is public defender; non-attorney support staff doing intake, interviews, and preparation of forms
Op. 2006-6 CSEA staff attorney representing the state in a contempt action filed against a party for failure to abide by a court order involving a CSEA matter in which that staff attorney issued administrative orders as a CSEA administrative hearing officer; representing the state in any other action involving a CSEA matter in which that staff attorney participated as the CSEA hearing officer making determinations or issuing administrative orders; representing the state in an action in which a party is a person who once appeared before the staff attorney who served as the administrative hearing officer
Op. 96-6 city council person private representation of clients in civil and criminal matters in municipal court
Op. 2007-4 city director of law determining whether conflict of interest exists in the representation of city, city officials, or city entities; representation by assistant city law directors.
Op. 88-20 county commissioner who is lawyer representing clients in common pleas court
Op.92-7 attorney's communication of client's position to county commissioners at a public meeting without prosecuting attorney being present
Op. 87-22 city law director appearing before judge/father/partner
Op. 88-8 part-time prosecutor doing criminal defense work; narrow exception for city law director doing criminal defense work
Op. 89-10 city law director consenting to judge's brother-in-law representing criminal defendants and appearing before the judge
Op. 2003-5 law director or assistant law director acting as an advocate in a trial in which another attorney in the law director's office will testify as a witness on behalf of the city
Op. 87-38 former assistant prosecuting attorney now referee
Op. 88-15 former county defender now county prosecutor; imputed disqualification
Op. 90-10 former CSEA attorney in private practice
Op. 93-8 former judge now in private practice
Op. 05-5 former magistrate now in private practice
Op. 88-2 county public defender running for county prosecuting attorney