Category Archives: Ethics and nonlawyer compensation

Arizona Supreme Court authorizes Elevate, a nonlawyer-owned alternative legal services provider, to integrate with law firm

Posted on January 26, 2022 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent issuance of an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license authorizing a non-lawyer owned legal services provider called Elevate to integrate with an Arizona law firm.  … Continue reading →

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Arizona becomes first U.S. state to authorize non-lawyer ownership of law firms and fee sharing

Posted on September 2, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent implementation of rule revisions which will permit non-lawyers to own law firms and share fees with lawyers, and also makes other significant rule revisions.  … Continue reading →

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Utah Supreme Court authorizes pilot program which, inter alia, permits non-lawyers to own law firms and share fees with lawyers

Posted on August 18, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent Utah Supreme Court approval of a pilot program which would permit non-lawyers to own law firms, share fees with lawyers, and makes other significant revisions.  The link to … Continue reading →

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Arizona legal advocates program beginning in September 2020 will train non-lawyers to provide limited legal advice

Posted on February 10, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the Arizona licensed legal advocates program beginning in September 2020 which will provide training for non-lawyers to provide limited  legal advice.  A recent news release on the program by … Continue reading →

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Utah Supreme Court approves pilot program to permit non-traditional legal services, including non-lawyer firm ownership

Posted on September 3, 2019 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the unanimous Utah Supreme Court approval of a pilot program to permit non-traditional legal services, including non-lawyer firm ownership.  The report of the Utah Work Group on Regulatory Reform … Continue reading →

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New York ethics opinion finds that fees paid to Avvo for legal services violate Bar referral, fee splitting, and advertising rules

Posted on August 11, 2017 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent (August 8, 2017) New York Ethics Opinion 1132 which found that lawyers in New York are prohibited from participating in AVVO’s client referral services.  This opinion found that … Continue reading →

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Ethical issues and requirements for lawyers in compensating nonlawyer employees

Posted on March 29, 2017 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the ethical considerations for lawyers when compensating non-lawyer employees.  State Bar disciplinary rules, including Florida Bar Rule 4-5.4(a), prohibit lawyers from sharing legal fees with nonlawyers.  The Comment to … Continue reading →

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