Adopted March 9, 1955 QUERY Is it ethical to run professional cards in a newspaper? ANSWER This question has been answered in the negative so many times that one would think the question was settled beyond doubt. The only justification for this opinion is to answer two rather untenable contentions made to justify the insertion…

Adopted June 15, 1955 FACTS An insurance salesman contacts a prospective customer for the purpose of selling him insurance for investment or estate purposes. The insurance salesman informs the customer that he will have an attorney examine his will and confer with him concerning his property, and the attorney will check the legality of his…

Adopted June 15, 1955 QUERY Would it be permissible … to place a card or announcement in the journal, reading as follows: John Doe Blank Building Blank City, Okla. Specializing in Writing Brief for other Lawyers. ANSWER Drinker’s Legal Ethics p. 241 says, “A professional card may not state branches of the law practiced, or…

Adopted July 13, 1955 QUERY Can a firm adopt and use the name of John Doe and Associates? ANSWER Canon 33 reads in part: “… In the selection and use of a firm name, no false, misleading, assumed or trade name should be used …”. Under the above Canon the American Bar Association has held…

Adopted March 14, 1956 QUERY The following inquiry was received: “A woman comes to my partner for the apparent purpose of employing him to represent her in a damage suit action. She tells him only about the preliminary facts which lead up to the fee to be charged. She was not willing to contract for…

Adopted June 13, 1956 QUERY Is the use of a neon sign either outside of a building or suspended inside an office window proper? ANSWER A neon sign or any sign of unusual illumination, or design and size is obviously intended to attract attention and is advertising in violation of Canon 27. Drinker’s Legal Ethics,…

Adopted June 12, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY May an attorney, engaged in the general practice of law in a city not the capitol of the state, carry with propriety on his letterhead, following statements of his office addresses and…

Adopted July 8, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY Is it permissible for an attorney to have a picture of himself taken and then permit the publication of the picture in a local newspaper? OPINION Since the question propounded does not…

Adopted July 8, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY Where Attorney A is attorney of record for a guardian, executor, or administrator, is it proper or ethical for Attorney B. who represents an oil lease purchaser on property in such guardianship…

Adopted June 12, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY May an attorney, engaged in the general practice of law, carry with propriety on his letterhead in the upper left-hand corner the words, in column: “Probate Land Titles Corporations” and in the…