Connecticut Legal Ethics Opinions

The Rules of Professional Conduct have the force of law for lawyers. Formal and informal opinions are opinions. Although the Connecticut Supreme Court has sometimes called them well-founded, the opinions are not binding and are not binding on the state appeals chamber or the courts. vLex is updated daily and gathers legal information from more than 750 publishing partners and provides access to more than 2,500 legal and information sources from the world`s leading publishers. Advanced AI technology, developed exclusively by vLex, enriches editorial legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for better discoverability and comparative research. (a) no action is warranted because the case is contested and the legal action is the appropriate remedy; (b) the question concerns the conduct of a person other than the person who requested the opinion; or (c) the request for advice is directed by law and not by ethics or is speculative or does not meet the required standards of clarity or is not otherwise appropriate for the work of the committee. Subscribers can see a list of all the cases cited and the legislation of a document. Subscribers can see a list of all the documents that cited the case. Kim Rinehart, Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association 30 Bank Street New Britain, CT 06050. A request for an opinion from the Committee should indicate, in particular, the facts giving rise to the problem, the matter on which an opinion is sought and any provisions of the rules of professional conduct which the rapporteur considers relevant. Requests are forwarded to a member of the committee to prepare a draft response, which will be considered by the members of the committee for discussion, amendment and subsequent informal opinion.

On occasion, the Committee will determine that a matter is of sufficient interest to the Bar Association, that a formal opinion is required and that the matter is required and referred the matter to a sub-committee for preparation of a draft formal opinion, which will be submitted at subsequent meetings and referred back to the CBA Board of Governors for its opinion. Formal and informal statements are available to CBA members on Casemaker. Subscribers can see a visualization of a case and its relationship to other cases. As an alternative to case lists, the map of precedents makes it easier to determine which ones are most relevant to your search and prioritizes further reading. You will also get a useful overview of how the case was received. Search for more than 120 million documents from more than 100 countries, including primary and secondary collections of laws, business, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more. Subscribers can access the reported version of this case. Subscribers can see the list of results associated with your document through the topics and quotes Vincent found.