QUESTION: “Under the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, may an attorney, who has undertaken the representation of a minor in anticipation of criminal charges arising out of alleged acts by…
QUESTION: “This is to follow up our conversation of last week in which we discussed my firm’s position in a lawsuit in South Alabama. Please accept this letter as my…
QUESTION: “Fact Situation No.1: A law firm (the “Firm”) represents a client (the “Client”) and maintains five different files relating to five different matters (“Matter 1, Matter 2, Matter 3,…
QUESTION: ABC attorney, Roe, has requested an opinion on his use of the following language in an ad about his certification by the National Board of Trial Advocacy: “There are…
QUESTION: “On or about May of 1991, I was appointed by Judge Nick (a visiting Judge from Any County, Alabama) to represent the interest of one, John Doe, in connection…
QUESTION: “I have filed two (2) complaints against Acme (“Acme”), copies enclosed. The suit in Any County is a proposed class action which alleges improper mortgage balances and interest rates…
QUESTION: “I have recently taken a position as in-house attorney with Acme, Inc. Prior to that, I was an in-house attorney with Jocko. At Jocko, we litigated cases for their…
QUESTION: The XYZTimes would like to begin publishing a lawyer’s directory in their newspaper each Tuesday. It would appear on one or two pages of the newspaper and would contain…
QUESTION: “This is to confirm our recent conversations by telephone regarding the discussions of the possible conflict of interest that may have arisen in one of this firm’s cases. An…
QUESTION: “This letter is in follow-up to my telephone conversation with your office. In our conversation, we discussed the usage of the Alabama Limited Liability Company by lawyers who are…
