Adopted March 13, 1958 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY An attorney appointed as City Attorney of a small community and paid a small salary is furnished an office in the City Hall. Under such conditions, is it permissible for him to…

Adopted September 11, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY A metropolitan newspaper in Oklahoma has announced a special and enlarged issue of its paper in recognition of the State’s semicentennial. It has invited a large number of Oklahoma citizens, including lawyers,…

Adopted September 11, 1957 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY An attorney has sought the opinion of the Committee on the propriety of representing four heirs of a decedent, whose estate is being probated in the County Court, when he had formerly…

Adopted February 10, 1958 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY A member of the bar recently admitted to practice has been approached by a newspaper reporter with a request that the reporter be allowed to do a feature story for his paper…

Adopted February 10, 1958 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY An attorney has sought the opinion of the Committee in connection with his intention to file and campaign for political office and asks the following questions in connection therewith: 1. Is it…

Adopted May 5, 1958 The Executive Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY 1. Is it proper and ethical for a law firm or lawyer to publish one or more times in THE DAILY LAW JOURNAL-RECORD, or a similar legal publication, the following announcement: “ANNOUNCEMENT…

Adopted August 13, 1959 INQUIRY The Central Committee has referred to the Ethics Committee three advertisements published by a member of the Bar in three issues of the same or different newspapers in which he offers “Income Tax Service.” The advertisements do not indicate that he is an attorney but simply contain the offer of…

Adopted August 13, 1959 INQUIRY A firm of attorneys are listed in the telephone directory of a state city under the heading “ADJUSTER.” No reference to their status as members of the Bar appears under this listing. Does such a listing constitute a violation of the Canons? OPINION The Committee is of the opinion that…

Adopted August 13, 1959 INQUIRY An attorney has requested an opinion as to whether or not offering his services as a “skip tracer” (locating missing persons) to lawyers in this area would violate the Canons of Ethics. He suggests that his services would be contingent upon his success in locating the missing person. We presume…

Adopted November 2, 1959 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY Can an Assistant County Attorney represent an applicant for beer license when in so doing he must present the application and conduct the hearing for the same before the County Judge, when…