Barry Temkin Quoted in ABA Journal, September 2010

An interview with MCWG Counsel Barry Temkin is featured in the September 2010 issue of the ABA Journal.  "Seeing Ghosts," which can be found on pages 24-25 of the issue, discusses the ethical implications of limited scope representation and ghostwriting under the 2009 New York Rules of Professional Conduct.  Temkin, who is Chair of the New York County Lawyers' Association Professional Ethics Committee, is quoted on the circumstances in which a lawyer may ethically draft legal documents which are sent out under a client's name.  According to Temkin, "there's a split in the authorities.  In 2007, the ABA approved undisclosed legal assistance to a pro se litigant, and [the NYCLA Ethics Committee] found that opinion to be very persuasive." To view a copy of the article, please click here.