New York State Bar Opinion 359

Committee on Professional Ethics 

Topic: Listing of Lawyer Admitted only in Foreign Jurisdiction on Letterhead of New York firm

Digest of The Committee:

“A lawyer admitted only in a foreign country may be listed as an associate on the letter-head of a New York law firm if there is an appropriate indication that he is admitted solely in the foreign country”

Code (opinion issued prior to adoption of current rules): EC 3-5, 3-9; DR 2-102(D), 3-101(B)

 

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