Opinion 169
Question Presented
Would it be a violation of the Canons of Ethics for a lawyer to run the following card in his local newspaper:
John Doe
Attorney at Law Wills, Estates and Estate Planning
18 Baylor L. Rev. 269 (1966)
SOLICITATION - PROFESSIONAL CARDS - NOTICE OF SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES - NEWSPAPERS
For an attorney to run a card in a newspaper showing his name, that he is an attorney and his field would be improper.
Canons 24, 39, 42.
It would be a violation. See Opinion 68. (9-0)
Bluebook Citation
Tex. Comm. On Professional Ethics, Op. 169 (1958)