2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 7: Prior Business Relationships Permit In-Person Solicitation
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The North Carolina State Bar received a request for an interpretation of Rule […]
Formal Ethics Opinions
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 6: Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility When Third Party Steals Funds from Trust Account
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. At its October 23, 2015 meeting, the North Carolina State Bar adopted Proposed
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 4: Disclosing Potential Malpractice to a Client
View the Proposed Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The North Carolina State Bar voted to formalize Proposed 2015 Formal Ethics
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 5: Authority to Discuss Former Client’s Appellate Case with Successor Lawyer
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. Generally, lawyers representing a client during the pre-conviction stages of a case have
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 9: Use of Tester in an Investigation that Serves a Public Interest
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee voted to adopt and retitle 2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 9 at
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 5: Advising a Civil Litigation Client about Social Media
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The North Carolina State Bar Council decided to withdraw 2014 Formal Ethics
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 2: Preparing Waiver of Right to Notice of Foreclosure for Unrepresented Borrower
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2015 FEO 2 rules that when the original
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 3: Offering Prospective Client a Computer Tablet in Direct Mail Solicitation
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2015 FEO 3 rules that a lawyer may
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 10: Lawyer Owned Adoption Agency
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2014 FEO 10, republished during the April 2015
2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 1: Preparing Pleadings and Other Filings for an Unrepresented Opposing Party
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here In response to several inquiries as whether a lawyer may prepare pleadings
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 7: Use of North Carolina Subpoena to Obtain Documents from Foreign Entity or Individual
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here At its October 24, 2014 meeting, the North Carolina State Bar released
2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 8: Responding to the Mental Impairment of Firm Lawyer
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here After receiving inquiries about the responsibilities a partner or supervising lawyer has
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 4: Serving Subpoenas on Health Care Providers Covered by HIPPA
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here On July 25, 2014, the North Carolina State Bar adopted 2014 Formal
2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 12: Disclosure of Settlement Terms to Former Lawyer Asserting a Claim for Fee Division
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here On July 25, 2014, the North Carolina State Bar adopted the 2013
2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 1: Protecting Confidential Client Information When Mentoring
View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here A formal ethics opinion titled “Protecting Confidential Client Information When Mentoring” was originally proposed