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The Professionalism Committee of the CBA is charged with upholding the high standards of integrity and honor in the legal profession. The committee strives to foster conduct by and among lawyers and judges which enhance and support professionalism. The Professionalism Committee provides an ongoing focus on the broader purpose of the Cincinnati Bar Association and on the law as a public profession. In an effort to support this mission, the committee publishes articles in the CBA Report on ethical and professional issues and offers a forum for discussion. The following is a list of articles that have appeared in the Report. If you have a topic you would like to see discussed, please contact Maria Palermo at mcpalermo@cincybar.org.
Need help sorting out an ethical quandary? The members of the CBA Ethics & Professional Responsibility Committee listed below can help you interpret your obligations under the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct. Please note that questions posed should be framed hypothetically and should relate to your own prospective conduct. The committee also accepts requests for written opinions.
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Frederick H.Gribbell (513) 891-2100
Martin S. Pinales (513) 721-4876
Ethics inquiries may also be posed to CBA General Counsel Terry Patterson or Dimity Orlet and Maria Palermo, assistant counsels, at (513) 381-8213.
If you are a non-attorney with an ethics question, please contact the Grievance Department.
The CBA Ethics Committee, through its volunteer members, is available to provide assistance to attorneys confronted with ethical dilemmas. Most frequently, inquiries are presented by phone to one of the committee members staffing the committee's hotline. But, from time to time, the committee receives written requests for ethical advice. The committee recently approved Opinion 2006-2. Please contact an ethics hotline attorney, identified each month in the CBA Report, if you need assistance in interpreting the current Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility or the new Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, which become effective February 1, 2007.
