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Opinions 301-375
Ethics Opinion 301
Assistant District Attorney campaigning for judge may use official title in newspaper, billboards and signs

Ethics Opinion 302
Opinion 302 Topic: Sharing of Legal Fees

Ethics Opinion 303
Lawyer may represent client against former client only where matter is unrelated and confidential information obtained in former matter is not relevant

Ethics Opinion 304
Improper to delegate taking of deposition to clerk or other non-lawyer employee

Ethics Opinion 305
Lawyer may properly confer with a prospective client who is already represented by counsel in the same matter, without first notifying the lawyer previously retained; lawyer may not replace or serve as co-counsel with lawyer previously retained, unless that lawyer consents or his employment is terminated

Ethics Opinion 306
A candidate for the office of town justice of a second class town may not campaign beyond the scope of the Code of Judicial Conduct Judicial

Ethics Opinion 307
A lawyer may conduct a consumer counseling service at a separate address under the guidelines

Ethics Opinion 308
Acting city court judge may not represent a claimant against the city

Ethics Opinion 309
Legal services to members of organization under group plan must be incidental and reasonably related to primary purposes of organization

Ethics Opinion 310
Lawyer may properly accept employment to review work of another lawyer, without advising such lawyer that he has been so retained

Ethics Opinion 311
A law firm name may not be included in a directory except where permitted under the Code

Ethics Opinion 312
A professional corporation composed of lawyers must use the initials 'P.C.' in telephone directory listings

Ethics Opinion 313
Former assistant district attorney should not appear as trial counsel or attorney of record for a defendant indicted during attorney's public employment

Ethics Opinion 314
Proper for non-practicing lawyer to make limited identification of himself as a lawyer in a publication made in connection with another profession or business

Ethics Opinion 315
Part-time town attorney may hold position as part-time public defender if he has no duties of prosecution, does not represent clients in court of the town he represents, and no violation or construction of town ordinance is involved

Ethics Opinion 316
Brochure listing lawyers in firm and describing their qualifications improper

Ethics Opinion 317
Lawyers for different parties may not pool fees and share in the combined total.

Ethics Opinion 318
Improper to use the title 'Honorary Consul' on an attorney's letterhead

Ethics Opinion 319
Law firm may not advertise in legal publication for 'merger' with retirement minded attorney or with attorney having overflow work.

Ethics Opinion 320
Attorney may not retain title company discount without crediting client unless the client expressly consents to such retention after full disclosure

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