LEO: Conflicts of Interest - Estate  LE Op. 370

 

Conflicts of Interest - Estate Administration.

 

April 4, 1979

 

It is not improper for an attorney serving as executor of an estate to

accept employment having no relationship with the administration of the

estate, whereby the attorney is employed to file an action against the

residuary legatee of the estate. [See II: DR:5-101(A) and DR:5-105(C).]

 

Committee Opinion April 4, 1979

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 1206, and LE Op. 1387.