Adopted November 2, 1959 The Central Committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY Is it proper for a law firm, or a member of a firm, to represent and appear on behalf of clients before the City Council or before Boards and Commissions appointed by…

Adopted November 2, 1959 The Executive Council of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY A member of the Bar has advised that his name and that of two other local attorneys was omitted from the yellow pages of the local telephone directory last published by the…

Adopted November 2, 1959 The Executive Council of the Oklahoma Bar Association has submitted to its Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY May an attorney maintain a listing in the telephone directory of a town other than that in which his office is located or in which he resides. OPINION It is the opinion…

Adopted November 2, 1959 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 the practice has been approached by a newspaper reporter with a request that the reporter be allowed to do a feature story for his…

Adopted August 11, 1960 The Executive Council has submitted to the Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY The professional card of a member of the bar reads as follows: Judge John Doe Attorney and Experienced Receiver Address Telephone No. Is the use of the title “Judge” and the reference to “Experienced Receiver” proper? OPINION…

Adopted August 11, 1960 The Executive Council has submitted to the Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY The following advertisement appeared in the classified section of a state newspaper: “Income Tax returns prepared and refund claims purchased by John Doe, Blank Building” Mr. Doe is a member of the Bar engaging in the practice…

Adopted August 11, 1960 The Executive Council has submitted to the Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY In the late fall of 1959 the Executive Council submitted to the Ethics Committee an inquiry concerning the propriety of sending Christmas cards to clients and signing the firm name. At the same time members of the…

Adopted August 11, 1960 The Executive Council has submitted to the Legal Ethics Committee the following inquiry: INQUIRY A life insurance company announced by publication in a metropolitan paper the appointment of a member of the Bar as a special representative, giving his address and telephone number. The advertisement carried a picture of the attorney…

Adopted February 9, 1961 Re: Propriety of an individual who possesses the dual qualifications of both a lawyer and either a certified public accountant or a public accountant of holding himself out as qualifed [sic] in both professions. QUERY Is it proper for an individual who possesses the dual qualifications of a lawyer and an…

Adopted September 15, 1961 INQUIRY A member of the Bar inquires concerning the propriety of advising clients for whom he had previously prepared Wills “to come in and bring their Wills up to date by making Codicils or new Wills.” OPINION It is not improper for an attorney who has prepared a will for a…