Subject Matter Index

NOTE: Abstracts of informal letter responses from the CBA Ethics Committee are offered as potential sources of guidance to the Bar on matters of ethical concern. Because they abridge the letter opinions and omit facts and circumstances tending to identify the inquiring attorney, the abstracts are not exhaustive and should serve only as a starting point for, or supplement to, thorough research and analysis. Inquirers are advised in advance if the opinion provided to them will be abstracted and published. For a number of reasons the full letter opinions themselves are not provided to persons other than the original inquirer. The letter opinions and these abstracts are issued for advisory purposes only and are not binding in any way upon the Supreme Court or its Grievance Committee. Citations in the abstracts to the "Colorado Rules" refer to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (Colo. RPC).

Arbitrator - designation of by in-house counsel	96/97-06
Arbitrator - disclosure of past relationship	96/97-06
Broker - recommending lawyer and guaranteeing fee	96/97-10
Collection agency - pleadings prepared by non-lawyer staff	96/97-12
Competence - of client, diminished	96/97-07
Confidential interviews - withholding of notes from client	96/97-11
Contract attorney - disclosure to / consent of client	96/97-15
Copying of files by/for client	96/97-01
Corporation's clients - lawyer representing	96/97-05
Duty in respect of client of diminished competence	96/97-07
Duty regarding pleadings prepared by non-lawyer	96/97-12
Duty to report ethical violation	96/97-08 96/97-14
Duty to report misappropriation of suit proceeds	96/97-04
Duty when broker recommends lawyer/guarantees fee	96/97-10
Duty when client wishes to sell suit proceeds for living exp.	96/97-17
Employee - lawyer as corporate employee	96/97-05
Employment discrimination case - mixed fee arrangement	96/97-16
Ethical violation - duty to report	96/97-08
Ethical violation - notification of another attorney of possible	96/97-18
Ex parte communication - filing of therapist's report not	96/97-03
Fee - from investment adviser for referral of clients	96/97-13
Files - release to or copying by/for client	96/97-01
Guaranty of lawyer's fee by broker	96/97-10
Guardian ad litem - filing of therapist's report with court	96/97-03
Insurance counsel - in-house, appointment of arbitrator	96/97-06
Investment adviser - fee from, for referral of clients	96/97-13
Juvenile client - parents' misappropriation of suit proceeds	96/97-04
Lawyer assistance program - ethical violation disclosed in	96/97-08
Living expenses - sale of proceeds of suit for	96/97-17
Marketing service - payment of fee to	96/97-02
Misappropriation of settlement proceeds	96/97-04
Misconduct in appointing arbitrator	96/97-06
Mixed hourly/contingent fee in employment case	96/97-16
Notification to another attorney of possible ethical violation	96/97-18
Pleadings prepared by client's non-lawyer staff	96/97-12
Protective measures - in respect of client	96/97-07
Referral of clients to investment adviser - fee for	96/97-13
Reinstatement -mixed fee arrangement in employment case	96/97-16
Release of files to client	96/97-01
Sale of proceeds of suit for living expenses	96/97-17
Small claims or traffic court - lawyer can advise on	96/97-09
Traffic or small claims court - lawyer can advise on	96/97-09
Withholding from client notes of confidential interviews	96/97-11