It has been brought to the attention of the Committee that, in certain of the smaller communities in Nebraska, a city attorney will, by express contract, advise concerning civil matters only and will not engage in any prosecutorial activity whatever. Such contracts have been entered into expressly to leave the city attorney and his or her law firm free to handle criminal defense work. In the...

A lawyer who is also a police officer should not undertake to represent the defendant in a criminal matter, and the lawyers with whom he is associated should likewise refrain from such representation.

A lawyer may participate in a lawyer referral service and pay the usual charges of such a service; provided, the service is a not-for-profit lawyer referral service.

A lawyer ethically may practice law and a second profession, not law related, from the same office, or different offices, if the distinction between services as a lawyer and services in the other profession is made clear, and the lawyer otherwise complies with the Code with respect to providing legal services; and the lawyer may indicate the dual practice of the two professions on his law office...

A lawyer may ethically advertise by mailing or delivering letters directly to prospective clients; provided, personal contact is not involved, the communication is not false or misleading, and on the front of each envelope in which it is mailed or delivered (or on the front of each postcard, if printed on a postcard) are placed the words: "This is an Advertisement."

A lawyer or law firm cannot ethically subscribe to the service of a welcome wagon type organization to distribute the lawyer's or law firm's business card, since a personal contact would be involved.

An attorney may not ethically participate in the operation or management of an agency which solicits accounts for collection when he will be retained by the agency to collect those accounts; and, if the attorney also is a part time county attorney, additional ethical considerations involving a conflict of interest may be involved.

It is improper for an attorney in private practice to donate his or her legal services to a parochial school building fund where the service would be made known to school families through the school newsletter and all of the fees generated would be contributed to the building fund except for reasonable expenses incurred by the attorney.

It is improper for an attorney to accept clients referred by a savings and loan association for the purpose of providing the client with a free will.

An attorney employed by an insurance company may not be retained by the insured's attorney in order to assist in drafting the insured's estate plan where the insured-client would compensate both attorneys for services rendered even after full, written disclosure to the client and the client's own attorney.

An attorney may not directly solicit clients, life insurance agents, other non-lawyers or other lawyers in order to have them introduce clients to the attorney for the purpose of retirement or estate planning. An attorney may not avoid the prohibition against solicitation by delegating a portion of the legal work entailed in retirement and/or estate planning when the attorney continues to advise...

An attorney or a law firm may list his, her or its name, or the name, or names, of any one or more of the members of the law firm under categorized areas of the practice of law set out in the yellow pages of a telephone directory, provided the lawyer or law firm actively practices or is qualified to practice in the listed areas.

A County Attorney, Deputy County Attorney, or member of their firm cannot ethically represent a private client in a license suspension or revocation proceeding before the Nebraska Liquor Control commission.

A County Attorney, Deputy County Attorney, or member of their firm cannot ethically represent a private client in an action under the State Tort Claims Act against the State of Nebraska, the Department of Health, its agents, or employees for damages arising out of the negligence of said agents or employees.

A County Attorney, not prohibited by the County Board from engaging in the private practice of law, may act as a personal representative in an estate or as a private attorney for a client in an inheritance tax determination (with or without probate) where a special County Attorney has been appointed, by resolution of the County Board, to represent the interests of the County and the State of...

Where an attorney is the personal representative of a decedent's estate, and the attorney's law firm renders legal services to the PR, the firm may be compensated for the legal services, and the PR may be compensated for his services as PR, provided that the combined compensation is not excessive for the services rendered.

No opinion was released.

No opinion was released.

Modified by Opinion 95-4.The use of credit cards for the payment of legal services and expenses is permitted under the Code of Professional Responsibility if specified guidelines are followed. Permitted use of such credit cards includes a possible notice to the client, to be enclosed with the statement for services, advising the client that the attorney accepts certain specified credit cards and...

A corporation which forecloses mortgages and exercises powers or sale on behalf of others is practicing law; and a lawyer may not accept employment by the corporation to do this work.