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IN RE S. CT. COMM. ON PROF. ETHICS OPIN. NO. 697

911 A.2d 51 (2006)

188 N.J. 549

In re SUPREME COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OPINION NO. 697.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Dennehy, Woodbridge, argued the cause for appellant, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., attorneys).

Dean Jablonski, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (Anne Milgram, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Aney K. Chandy, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief).

David H. Dugan, III, argued the cause for amicus curiae, New Jersey State Bar Association (Stuart A. Hoberman, President, attorney).

Justice RIVERA-SOTO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal requires that we re-examine the proscription governing concurrent representation by a lawyer or law firm of both a public entity and a private client before one of the boards or agencies of that public entity. Responding to two specific inquiries posed by appellant Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (Advisory Committee) concluded that

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