Adopted March 19, 1971 INQUIRY The Committee has been asked for an opinion as to the ethical propriety of an attorney utilizing his secretary or other lay personnel in his office for the purpose of filing papers at the Court Clerk's office and also for the purpose of presenting to the Court orders for signature… Continue reading...

Adopted March 19, 1971 Syllabus 1. A listing of the office of a lawyer or law firm in the alphabetical and classified sections of the telephone directory or directories for the geographical area or areas in which he resides or maintains a bona fide office is not ethically improper. Syllabus 2. Such listing may state… Continue reading...

Adopted April 23, 1971 OPINION The Committee on Legal Ethics has been asked for its opinion on the propriety of attorney X's offering for sale to the public a manual of small claims procedures and practices. The Committee declines to pass judgment upon the merits of the submitted publication and feels constrained to advise the… Continue reading...

Adopted May 22, 1971 INQUIRY An opinion has been requested as to whether it is permissible for lawyers who are members of a professional corporation to list in the local telephone directory the name of the professional corporation followed with the abbreviation "Inc.". OPINION The Oklahoma "Professional Corporation Act" 18 Okla.St.1961, § 801 et seq.,… Continue reading...

Adopted May 22, 1971 INQUIRY The Legal Ethics Committee has been asked for a clarification of its Opinion No. 260, insofar as it relates to Legal Interns who have been duly admitted to practice law in limited form by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. OPINION Legal Ethics Opinion No. 260, adopted March 19, 1971, (42… Continue reading...

Adopted June 11, 1971 INQUIRY The Opinion of the Committee has been requested on the following facts: An attorney was initially employed to defend a doctor in a state court malpractice suit. The doctor's professional liability insurer refused to defend or to indemnify the doctor against any judgment that might be rendered. Following almost three… Continue reading...

Adopted April 21, 1972 OPINION An attorney has been retained to represent the executrix of a will. The executrix has no personal interest in the estate of the deceased under either the will or under the laws of descent and distribution. The sole legatee named under the will is an adopted child of the deceased.… Continue reading...

Adopted July 28, 1972 OPINION The Committee has been presented with a factual question involving the propriety of the professional "shingle" of two attorneys whose offices are located in a multi-story business building within a shopping center area. The "shingle" is located at the bottom of a complex of signs close to the thoroughfare which… Continue reading...

Adopted December 14, 1972 INQUIRY A county bar association has requested an opinion as to the ethical propriety of a proposed fee financing program to be sponsored by it, which would involve the use of a widely known credit card issued by or through a certain local national bank. The Committee is advised that no… Continue reading...

Adopted January 23, 1973 INQUIRY The committee has received an inquiry asking an opinion as to the propriety of an attorney representing collection agencies. It is asserted in the inquiry that given the complex state of our economy, the recent reform of collection agency practices, and the need for such services, the profession should undertake… Continue reading...