NJSBA—Opinion No. 17-2012 of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics

Represented the New Jersey State Bar Association as amicus pro bono before the New Jersey Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed a decision of the ACPE and held that volunteer lawyers staffing a bankruptcy clinic do not face a conflict of interest and, with appropriate safeguards, a volunteer attorney can represent a low-income debtor in a no-asset chapter 7 bankruptcy matter even if the attorney’s firm represents one or more of the debtor’s creditors in unrelated matters.