| ATTORNEYS |
| Acting as an unpaid advisor to school district board of directors and representing district for compensation in the collection of delinquent taxes, propriety of | GA-0719 |
| Advertisements by attorneys in bail bond section of telephone yellow pages, permissibility under Bail Bond Act | JC-0008 |
| American Bar Association Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) - court would likely conclude that it unconstitutionally restricts freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and freedom of association for State Bar members | KP-0123 |
| Appraisal district's in-house counsel who also advises the appraisal review board for that district, whether legal discussions between that person and the appraisal review board is prohibited ex parte communication | GA-0556 |
| Appraisal district's in-house counsel, whether the same person can also alvise the appraisal review board for that district | GA-0556 |
| Attorney-client privilege, court may find that privilege does not apply to communications between commissioners court and its attorney that occurred in county auditor's presence | JC-0506 |
| Bail bond executed by attorney for client, sheriff's authority to determine sufficiency of security | DM-0483 |
| Bail bond surety, attorney not licensed as bail bondsman may act as only for client | LO93-063 |
| Bail bonds, a municipal court must require from an attorney acting as surety for a client evidence of the sufficiency of the security offered as provided by chapter 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure | JC-0277 |
| Bail bonds, authority of county bail bond board to disqualify an attorney from executing bail bonds under the provision exempting attorneys from general licensing requirement for bail bond sureties | GA-0197 |
| Conflict of interest under Rules of Professional Conduct where county judge practices in courts of his or her county | JC-0574 |
| Contempt - authority of a committee of the Texas House of Representatives investigating possible impeachment to punish for contempt | GA-1057 |
| County Attorney pro tem, article 2.08 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not disqualify county attorney pro tem from representing criminal defendants in an adjoining county | GA-0241 |
| County judge, practice of law by in courts of his county | JC-0033 |
| County juvenile board is authorized to retain counsel to represent it in action filed against it by commissioners court and to pay attorney's fees from funds in juvenile probation department account in the county treasury without commissioners court's app | JC-0209 |
| Direct mail solicitation of criminal defendant by attorney, state may not constitutionally prohibit | JC-0022 |
| Disciplinary rule prohibiting attorney from contacting person represented by counsel, Workers' Compensation Commission rule requiring insurance carrier to send copies of written communications to both claimants and their attorneys creates an exception to | JC-0572 |
| Disciplinary rules, whether private attorneys representing state who pay for advertisements regarding litigation would violate | LO96-124 |
| District Attorney of the 34th Judicial District and his attorneys are county public servants subject to the El Paso County Code of Ethics when and to the extent they participate in the performance of a county governmental function | GA-0831 |
| Executive session of public meeting, advice to governmental body during | JC-0233 |
| Government Code section 81.019 pertains to the election of officers to the Texas State Bar Board of Directors | GA-0995 |
| Harris County Commissioners Court may not authorize attorney staff positions for individual commissioners and sheriff | JM-1281 |
| Judgment nisi, municipal judge does not have discretion to waive entry in case where attorney acts as surety for client | JC-0277 |
| Legal fees of district attorney, state not obligated to pay under chapter 104 Civil Practices and Remedies Code; county has no duty to pay under Local Government Code section 157.901; forfeiture funds cannot be used to pay under Code of Criminal Procedure article 59.06(c)(1) | GA-0755 |
| Non-attorney may not practice law at a special education due process hearing pursuant to subsection 81.101(a) of the Government Code | GA-0936 |
| Non-attorney to engage in conduct that constitutes the practice of law, a court would have a basis to invalidate a Texas Education Agency rule that allows a | GA-0936 |
| Nonlawyer employee, supervising lawyer responsible for ensuring that nonlawyer's conduct is compatible with lawyer's professional obligations | GA-0488 |
| Obligation of independent representation, whether "appointment" by agency or association militates against | DM-0354 |
| Paralegal licensing under the Private Security Act, an employee who works for an attorney in the practice of law is not engaged in the business or employment of investigating, conduct which is regulated by the Act, but rather is employed by the attorney i | GA-0275 |
| Practice of law, whether person who creates parole kit engages in | LO97-104 |
| Probationary law license, whether Board of Law Examiners may refuse to recommend issuance of to chemically dependent person | LO96-088 |
| Professional Prosecutors Act, county attorney not subject to may maintain more than one private civil practice office, and may maintain an office in more than one county | GA-0094 |
| State Bar of Texas is an administrative agency of the judicial department that aids the Texas Supreme Court in the court's regulation of the practice of law in Texas | GA-0995 |
| Trial court's power to appoint attorneys to represent defendant; whether association may be appointed | DM-0354 |
| When exempt from licensing by Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies | LO98-005 |
| Fees and Compensation |
| Amicus attorney, indigent client, private suit affecting parent-child relationship | GA-0489 |
| Appointment of counsel in criminal cases for non-indigent defendants | GA-0884 |
| Attorney ad litem appointed for a parent in termination suit, payment of fees by county | GA-0142 |
| Attorney ad litem, indigent client, private suit affecting parent-child relationship | GA-0489 |
| Attorney's fees in action to revoke nursing home's license, State Office of Administrative Hearings has no authority to order Department of Human Services to pay | JC-0495 |
| Chief appraiser's attorney fees, board of directors of appraisal district may reimburse if authorized to do so by statute or under the common law | DM-0488 |
| Commissioners court may employ attorney to defend sheriff in criminal prosecution where county's interest is at stake, but may not reimburse sheriff for attorney's fees after he has incurred them (Overruled to extent inconsistent with Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. | LO97-065 |
| Contingent fee contract with law firm, authority of state agency to enter into | LO96-124 |
| County attorney is not entitled to receive extra compensation for representing State in criminal matter in county's district court at request of district attorney | KP-0130 |
| County may not reimburse private litigants for costs in suit involving county road right-of-way | DM-0133 |
| Court-appointed attorney to represent indigent defendant, county with public defender's office must pay court-ordered fee to | LO97-063 |
| Delinquent taxes, attorney who contracts to collect under section 6.30 of Tax Code may not donate part of compensation under section 33.07 of Tax Code to taxing unit | JC-0443 |
| Election contest, county may not reimburse sheriff for legal fees incurred in defending | DM-0431 |
| Evidence of representation and disbursement, Industrial Accident Board may require in workers' compensation cases | JM-1147 |
| Guardian ad litem, indigent client, private suit affecting parent-child relationship | GA-0489 |
| Hospital district not authorized to reimburse employee for legal expenses (Overruled by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-488 (1998) to extent of conflict) | DM-0107 |
| Income withholding, statute constitutionally may permit court to include attorney's fees in income-withholding order if fees necessarily incurred to enforce existing child support obligation | JC-0346 |
| Legal fee, bail bond surety is prohibited from collecting legal fee from a client and remitting it to an attorney | JC-0528 |
| Legal fees of district judge, state not obligated to pay; county may pay if county interests are at stake | JC-0047 |
| Reimburse public officer's or employee's legal expenses after that person hired and paid a private attorney to represent him or her in litigation involving performance of official duties, political subdivision may not (Overruled to extent inconsistent with DM-488 (1998)) | LO90-093 |
| School district employee, school district's authority to pay costs of defending in criminal action (Overruled to extent inconsistent with Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-488 (1998)) | LO97-049 |
| School district's contract for legal services, under Texas Supreme Court test, would violate Texas Constitution article III, section 52(a) if (1) the expenditure's predominant purpose does not accomplish a public purpose, but instead benefits private parties; (2) sufficient control over the expenditure is not retained to ensure that the public purpose is accomplished; (3) the school district does not receive a return benefit; and (4) the expenditure fails to provide a clear public benefit in return. | KP-0099 |
| Term "prevailing party," for purposes of recovering attorneys' fees in employment discrimination cases under state law has same meaning as under federal law | JM-1145 |
| Texas Disciplinary Rules for Professional Conduct, to the extent that circumstances forming the basis for an alleged violation of the, suggest that an expenditure does not comport with the requirements of Texas Constitution article III, section 52(a), a court would rely on the Texas Supreme Court test to make that determination. However, it is unlikely that a court would consider conduct subsequent to a contract's execution in determining whether the contract itself violates article III, section 52(a) | KP-0099 |
| Workers' compensation cases, rule limiting fees to certain percentage of claimant's recovery is unreasonable as a matter of law | JM-1147 |
