Category Archives: Lawyer sharing fees with non-lawyers

Utah Supreme Court approves Rocket Lawyer and other entities to participate in regulatory “sandbox”

Posted on September 9, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent approval of Rocket lawyer and other entities to participate in Utah’s pilot regulatory “sandbox program.  On September 8, 2020, Rocket Lawyer announced that it was one of the … 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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Washington D.C. Bar considers relaxing Bar Rules related to non-lawyer law firm ownership and fee splitting

Posted on January 31, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss a Washington D.C. Bar committee press release announcing a review regarding the potential relaxing of that jurisdiction’s non-lawyer law firm ownership rules, including potential fee sharing/splitting.  The January 23, … 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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Indiana ethics opinion finds that AVVO Advisor services may violate referral, fee splitting, and advertising rules

Posted on May 1, 2018 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent (April 2018) Indiana Ethics Opinion 1-18 which found that AVVO’s client referral services may violate Indiana Bar rules related to fee sharing with a non-lawyer, improper referral fees … Continue reading →

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New York State Bar Association Opinion says that NY lawyers are prohibited from working for out of state law firms owned by non-lawyers

Posted on March 26, 2012 by jcorsmeier

Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert and blog which will discuss the very recent New York State Bar Association Opinion which states that a lawyer who primarily practices in New York cannot be an employee of an out-of-state or … Continue reading →

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