Adopted June 19, 1936 The Board of Governors has been requested to indicate its views upon whether or not a member of the bar, could with propriety, agree to accept from a felon a part of stolen jewels in payment of his fee if the felon would disclose the hiding place thereof, the purpose of…

Adopted June 19, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following inquiry: “Would it be illegal or unethical for a member of the Bar who is also the president of board of trustees of an incorporated town, to represent such town as its attorney in necessary legal work or litigation and to be paid…

Adopted June 19, 1936 In a disciplinary proceeding recently heard by the Board of Governors it appeared that certain members of the bar of a city in this state had entered into a contract with the city to represent it upon a contingent basis in connection with certain suits to be brought by the city…

Adopted July 24, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following inquiry: “Some time ago I represented a group of taxpayers in a school district who were contesting the annexation of that school district to another school district. I was unsuccessful in this suit, and the Supreme Court ordered the annexation. Now, some of…

Adopted September 25, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following inquiry: “A party, now deceased, gave to his attorney the terms of a will he wished to make with instructions to draw it. The will was drawn, and executed in the office of the attorney who drew it. The attorney was one of…

Adopted September 24, 1936 The Board is in receipt of an inquiry from a member of the bar inquiring whether or not, with propriety, a member of the bar may accept retainers to aid persons in securing leaves of absence, paroles and pardons. The Board expresses its views through Opinion 61 of the A. B.…

Adopted September 25, 1936 A former District Judge states that while he was on the bench a certain suit was brought in his court; that the defendant filed a motion to make the petition more definite and certain; that the case was placed on the motion and demurrer docket by the clerk; that when the…

Adopted September 25, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following inquiry: “‘A’ is a lawyer. ‘B’ is a banker. ‘A’ leaves the state and is gone several weeks. While ‘A’ is away ‘B’, who is not a member of the bar, takes a probate case for ‘A’, prepares a petition, to which he…

Adopted September 25, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following communication from a firm composed of members of the Bar. “We are establishing an insurance adjusting department in our office to handle insurance adjustments of all kinds and we plan to add to our letterhead to the left “Insurance Adjustment Department,” together with…

Adopted September 24, 1936 The Board is in receipt of the following: “I would like to take up adjustment work for Insurance Companies, establishing my own business, known as ………….. Oklahoma Insurance Service, and would like to send cards to the different Insurance Companies advising them of my service. There are many men over the…