Opinion 85
Question Presented
Would it be a violation of the Canons of Ethics for a lawyer working as a claims representative for an insurance company to use the following card?
Joe J. Dokes
Attorney at Law
Claim Representative
"X" Insurance Company
1234 Jackson Tower
San Antonio Texas
Phone Belmont 1234
18 Baylor L. Rev. 231 (1966)
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
An attorney may not include on his professional card that he is a claim representative, stating the name of the insurance company that employs him and its address.
Canon 39.
The committee is of the opinion that the above card would violate Canon 39, which provides that the professional card may contain only a statement of the attorney's name, profession, address, telephone number, and special branches of the profession practiced. (8-2)
Bluebook Citation
Tex. Comm. On Professional Ethics, Op. 85 (1953)