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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONProfessional
Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #166 - 11/06/1970
(43-70)
Topic: Advertising; Office Signs
Digest: A dignified certificate stating attorney is approved agent of
Title Company may not be displayed in office
Code: DR 2-101 and DR 2-102
QUESTION
May an attorney display a certificate in his office certifying that
he is an approved attorney or agent of a title insurance company?
OPINION
Display of a certificate, certifying an attorney as approved or as an
agent of a title company or any other commercial organization would be
improper even though the certificate appears in the lawyer's office
only. ABA Inf. 716 (1963); ABA 304 (1962). Such certificates appear to
be endorsements and their display is improper self laudation and
undignified. They are distinguishable from certificates of honor or from
certificates of membership in bar associations and similar
organizations.
Related Files
Advertising; Office signs (Adobe PDF File)
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