Opinion 67
Question Presented
Is it a violation of the Canons of Ethics to use a firm name indicating a partnership such as "Smith and Jones," when a true partnership does not exist but each lawyer has his own clients?
March 1953
18 Baylor L. Rev. 225 (1966)
PARTNERSHIPS
Attorneys may not hold themselves out as partners when, in fact, they are not.
Canon 30. A.B.A. Canon 33.
The committee is of the opinion that such a practice is a violation of Texas Canon 30, and of American Bar Canon 33, as interpreted in Opinions 105, 115, and 126 released by the American Bar Committee. (6-3)
Bluebook Citation
Tex. Comm. On Professional Ethics, Op. 67 (1953)