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The Mississippi Bar Association - Ethic Opinions

To help lawyers answer the ethics questions that arise in their practices everyday, the Bar has an active Ethics Committee.  The committee issues opinions interpreting the Rules of Professional Conduct.  To request the Ethics Committee to render an opinion, contact the General Counsel's office at 601-948-0568 or email ogc@msbar.org.

For a copy of a published opinion, locate the opinion below and print it out. If the opinion is not shown in full when printing, you may need to select a landscape orientation or horizontal layout option where available. 

Ethics Opinions Index

The following are Indexes to the Formal Ethics Opinions as adopted by The Mississippi Bar. The formal opinions have been published in various issues of The Mississippi Lawyer.

 

 

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Topic Index

Abandoned Property 243
Acceptance/Retention of Employment 49
Advertising 11 13 16 17 41 51 62 64 66 67 74 77 85 86 89 93 109 113 115 139 146 150 155 162 163 168 174 182 197 214 228 252
Announcements 71
Areas/Fields of Practice 97 153 185 186 206 245
Attorney Newsletters 156
Attorney's Duty to Third Person 196
Attorneys' Duty to Procecute Appeals 130
Business Activities 15 82 84 108 241
Client Confidences/Secrets 34 57 95 101 112 124
Client Misconduct/Attorney Responsibility 205
Client's Files 105 144 234 254
Clients' Funds 121
Communication 141 189 192
Confidentiality 207 253
Confidentiality Owed to Deceased Clients 119 123
Conflict of Interest 43 46 52 54 55 58 61 62 63 68 69 72 78 80 87 99 102 103 106 110 111 112 116 117 118 120 125 126 127 128 129 131 132 133 134 140 142 147 148 149 151 152 157 164 165 167 169 170 172 173 188 194 201 202 204 207 210 211 212 217 218 220 22 255
Contingent Fees 88 91 92 159
Declining/Terminating Representation 187 227
Dual Roles 75 76 122
Duty of Representation 138 166
Duty to Provide Indigent Client with File and Transcripts 236
Educational Seminars 156
Ethical Obligation to Report Probably Past Criminal Behavior 213
Ex Parte Contact with Former Employees of a Represented Party 215
Expenses 107 136
Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel 200
Fees 59 81 100 135 144 154 157 190 219 250
Files of Deceased Attorneys 98 114
Firm Names 137 180 181 191 198
Imputed Disqualification 207
Independence of Counsel 246
Investigation of Potential Jurors 160
Jury 7 8
Lawyer as Witness 195
Lawyer/Client Relationship 199
Legal Advice 94
Legal Research 177
Letterhead 179 180 181 191 198 223
Limitation of Practice 29
Mary Carter Agreement 161
Multiple Representation 62
Partnership 73
Payment for Medical Reports 40
Personal Influence 22
Political Activity of a Judge 36
Practice of Law 14 26 30 31 37 38 45 47 203
Professional Misconduct 143
Prosecutors 70
Public Service/Counseling Service 176
Reporting Attorney Misconduct 247
Representation Adverse to Former Client 90 128 129
Representation of Multiple Clients 28 79
Restrictions on the Right to Practice 193 249
Safekeeping Property 184
Solicitation 39 65 83 158 216 232 239
Termination of Employment 144 208
Trust Accounts 50 104 178 183
Unauthorized Practice of Law 25 32 33 96 171 190 209 212 221 237
Use of Trade Names 60
Witness Fees 145