ABA Formal Ethics Opinions Archive by Subject

Formal Opinion 488- Judges' Social or Close Personal Relationship with Lawyers or Parties as Grounds for Disqualification or Disclosure (September 5, 2019)

Formal Opinion 487: Fee Division with Client’s Prior Counsel (June 18, 2019)

Formal Opinion 486: Obligations of Prosecutors in Negotiating Plea Bargains for Misdemeanor Offenses (May 9, 2019)

Ethics

Formal Opinion 485: Judges Performing Same-Sex Marriages (February 14, 2019)

Formal Opinion 484: A Lawyer’s Obligations When Clients Use Companies or Brokers to Finance the Lawyer’s Fee (November 27, 2018)

Formal Opinion 483: Lawyers’ Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack (October 17, 2018)

Formal Opinion 482: Ethical Obligations Related to Disasters (September 19, 2018)