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Alaska	Opinion No. 92-3	Nebraska	Opinion No. 00-2
Arizona	Opinion 91-22	Nevada	Opinion No. 29
California	Opinion No. 478 Opinion No. 500 Opinion No. 2002 - 159 Opinion No. 1988-101	New Jersey	Opinion 691
Colorado	Abstract 96/97-17	New York	Opinion 666 Opinion 769
Florida	Opinion 61-29 Opinion 67-44 Opinion 72-27 Opinion 92-6 Opinion 00-3 Opinion 65-39 Opinion 75-24	North Carolina	2000 Formal Ethics Opinion 4
Georgia	EC 5-8	Ohio	Opinion 248
Hawaii	Opinion No. 34	Pennsylvania	Opinion 87-7 Opinion 91-9 Opinion 99-8
Illinois	ISBA Opinion 295 (1968)	Rhode Island	Opinion 92-2
Kentucky	SCR 3.130(2.3) Opinion E 383 Opinion E 375	South Carolina	Opinion 94-04 Opinion 92-06 Opinion 91-15 Opinion 90-40 Opinion 91-31
Maine	Opinion 27 Opinion 116	Tennessee	Opinion 99-A-666 (01/99)
Maryland	Ethics Docket 94-45 Ethics Docket 98-15	Texas	Opinion 465
Massachusetts	Opinion No. 78-13 Opinion No. 83-7	Utah	Opinion 97-11 Opinion 02-01
Michigan	Opinion RI-14 Opinion RI-321	Virginia	Opinion No. 061908 Opinion 1155 Opinion 1219 Opinion 1269 Opinion 1379 Opinion 1441 Opinion 1471
Missouri	Opinion No. 061908 Opinion No. 940122 Opinion No. 950224	Washington	Opinion 185
Montana	Opinion 860723	Wisconsin	E-92-3

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