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Opinion 02-01 |
Board of Directors | Conflict of Interest
Absent disclosure and consent, a lawyer cannot represent an insurer with regard to a claim where the insurer’s interests are inconsistent with those of a reinsurer on whose Board the lawyer sits.
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Opinion 95-01 |
Board of Directors | Conflict of Interest - Personal Interests | Corporate and In-House Counsel
The fact that a corporation's lawyer is related to its president and principal shareholder does not, standing alone, create a conflict of interest.
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Opinion 92-04 |
Board of Directors
It is not improper for an attorney to act as general counsel to a corporation and serve as a board member of that corporation so long as there is full disclosure to the board any possible conflicts that might arise through his law practice or his friend's and the attorney refrains from entering into any non-legal business transactions with his corporate client.
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Opinion 91-27 |
Board of Directors | Law Reform Activities | Prosecutors
A state's attorney's duty to represent the county clerk in the latter's official capacity does not prevent an assistant state's attorney who is president of a non-profit organization from urging the legislature adopt an amendment to statute even though the county clerk is opposed to the amendment.
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Opinion 88-05 |
Board of Directors | Conflict of Interest
- It is professionally proper for a lawyer to represent two competing institutions where matters related thereto are substantially unrelated.
- It is professionally proper for a lawyer to represent two competing lending institutions, one of whom he also serves as a member of the Board of Directors, as long as he secures consent to such representation from both institutions.
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Opinion 86-14 |
Board of Directors
A lawyer who is a member on the Board of Directors of an incorporated not-for-profit association may render legal services, provided he does not vote on the issue of his employment. The lawyer, with the consent of the client, may represent the corporation in any litigation concerning the collection of dues from fellow members of the association.
