All opinions of the Committee on Professional Ethics are available online here. To locate a specific opinion or opinions, enter the opinion number or keyword in the appropriate search box below. Licensed attorneys may also call 877-953-5535 for access to opinions
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 562
Cite: The Supreme Court of Texas Professional Ethics Committee
Date: October 2005
Do the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct permit a lawyer to participate in a federal government program that negotiates contracts with lawyers to provide legal services to federal agencies and then recommends or refers those lawyers to the federal agencies, where the program is not certified as a lawyer referral service under Texas law and the lawyer is required to pay to the program one percent of the legal fees earned through the program to be used for paying the costs of operating the program?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 561
Cite: The Supreme Court of Texas Professional Ethics Committee
Date: August 2005
May a lawyer pay a fee to be listed on a privately sponsored internet site which obtains information over the internet from potential clients about their legal problems and forwards the information to one or more lawyers who have paid to be listed on the internet site?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 560
Cite: The Supreme Court of TexasProfessional Ethics Committee
Date: August 2005
May a law firm lease its lawyer and nonlawyer personnel from an unaffiliated employee leasing company that leases lawyers and nonlawyer personnel to other law firms?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 559
Cite: The Supreme Court of Texas Professional Ethics Committee
Date: July 2005
May a lawyer who is appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding furnish to a court, in connection with obtaining payment for the lawyer's services, a detailed description of the lawyer's services, including the subject matter of records and documents obtained and reviewed, the subjects of legal research carried out, and the identity of persons contacted and interviewed?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 558
Cite: The Supreme Court of Texas Professional Ethics Committee
Date: May 2005
May a lawyer borrow money for case expenses from an independent lending company and agree to pay the lender a percentage of the lawyer's contingency fee?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 557
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: May 2005
May a lawyer continue to represent in a lawsuit a client who has expressed strong disagreement with the lawyer’s recommendation about the settlement value of the case to the point that the client has sought the advice of a malpractice lawyer?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 556
Cite: Texas Bar Journal July, 2005 Feature Ethic Opinion Issued by the Professional Ethics Committee
Date: MAY 2005
May a law firm provide client information to employees of a collection agency who act as borrowed employees of the law firm in assisting it in collection of past due receivables?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 555
Cite: The Supreme Court of Texas Professional Ethics Committee
Date: December 2004
Is it permissible under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer to enter into a business arrangement with a chiropractor where the lawyer owns a portion of the chiropractor's practice, the lawyer refers his clients to the chiropractor, and the lawyer receives a share of the profits of the chiropractor's practice, including a share of the profits attributable to the clients referred by the lawyer?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 554
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee
Date: August 2004
Is it permissible under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer currently serving as a state Senator or state Representative to represent clients before a city, county, or state court located in the lawyer's legislative district?
Read More
-
Canon:
Opinion #: 553
Cite: Professional Ethics Committee For The State Bar of Texas
Date: August 2004
Is a lawyer prohibited from offering the testimony of an expert witness whose employer has entered into a contingent fee contract with the lawyer's client regarding the subject matter of the litigation?
Read More