Opinion Letters in United States

Practical Information

Formal correspondence giving a professional opinion to a client on some legal question. Each law firm has its own method of setting them up, usually in the style that is used for ordinary letters. These letters are generally signed manually with the firm name, because they represent advice from the firm, not merely from the lawyer who dictated the letter. Usually the dictator’s initials do not show on the original but do show on the office copies. See also opinion of title (in U.S. law).(Revised by Ann De Vries (1982))

For other meanings of it, read Opinion Letters in the Legal Dictionary here.

For Opinion Letters issued by a particular agency, see the entries for that agency in this legal Encyclopedia. For opinion letters issued by law firms, see Legal Opinions in the Encyclopedia, as well.

See Also

Legal Opinions
United States Department of Labor