OPINION 40
June 1951

SOLICITATION—ADVERTISING—PROFESSIONAL LISTING—NEWSPAPER—An ad stating "Income Taxes/ Be Safe, have your report made by a lawyer/ Specialist income tax laws," and including the lawyer's address and telephone number, is improper.

Canons 24, 39.  A.B.A. Canons 24, 43.

Is the following advertisement, namely

which is carried in the classified section of a newspaper, in violation of Canons of Ethics?

This committee unanimously holds that such advertisements is in violation of Canons 24 and 39 of the State Bar of Texas, and Canons 27 and 43 of the American Bar Association. (10-0)