Attorneys who are given a client’s credit card may not use the card for payments of disputed fees, according to an opinion from a committee of the New York City Bar Association.
The City Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics, chaired by Nicole Hyland of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, has issued an opinion (2014-3) on Rule 1.15 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which has a number of provisions designed to protect client funds that make clear the protections arise from the lawyer’s role as fiduciary.
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