Sentences with phrase «if nonlawyer»

On the other hand, if the nonlawyer is happy to provide services to the firm only, such as in the role of a Technology Officer or Executive Director, it is easier to see how Rule 5.4 can work.

Finally, if nonlawyer owners could invest in law firms, Heller might have had access to a permanent source of capital to stay afloat and would not have had to rely on bank loans alone.

Actually, you will pay through the nose if nonlawyer ownership of the legal profession takes hold.

(4) the lawyer partners in the law firm are responsible for these nonlawyers to the same extent as if the nonlawyers were lawyers under Rule 5.1;

Not exact matches

Money is too powerful and the nonlawyer string pullers would demand financial coverage, not just for our current costs of (a) overhead, (b) income to the lawyer, and, if you are in a firm large enough to be subject to billing targets set by management / compensation committees, (c) return to the partners, but also (D) profits to the string pullers.

In my opinion, many lawyers have not adopted a true corporate structure because they are reluctant to give up control, particularly to nonlawyers, even if it is ultimately to their financial detriment.

Does your firm have lawyers in nonlawyer roles, and if so, how is the firm using these people?

«U.S. lawyers are free to outsource legal work, including to lawyers or nonlawyers outside the country, if they adhere to ethics rules requiring competence, supervision, protection of confidential information, reasonable fees and not assisting unauthorized practice of law.»

The 400 - page act instigated hundreds if not thousands of changes, including allowing nonlawyers to hold ownership and management positions in law firms and allowing creation of multidisciplinary practices.

I replied, in essence, that if she thought bringing those nonlawyer vultures into the ownership structure would ease any problems, she was mistaken.

I replied, in essence, that if she thought bringing those nonlawyer vultures into the ownership structure would ease any problems, she was very much mistaken.

The second case study deals with a narrow intellectual - property topic, but one that generated significant amounts of commentary in 2014 from lawyers and nonlawyers alike: [118] If a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright?

However bad you see the profit motive of the personal injury bar, it would only worsen if they had to share those profits with nonlawyer investors.

Under Model Rules 5.1 (c) and 5.3 (c), a lawyer is responsible for the conduct of another person — lawyer or nonlawyer — in the firm if either (i) the lawyer ordered the conduct or knowingly ratified the conduct, or (ii) the lawyer, in a partnership or managerial role, or with «a direct supervisory authority,» knew of the conduct at a time when its consequences could have been avoided or mitigated but failed to take reasonable remedial action.

[1] Going further, many argue that the Australian and the English and Welsh experiences suggest that «allowing nonlawyers control over law firms — even if only in small measure — will pave the way for a fundamental reworking of the profession.»

If you are worried that some secret will become public, you should find and meet with an attorney, not a financial adviser or other nonlawyer.

For example, if a firm lists its partners on its letterhead or on its website, then the nonlawyer's name must be included, or that would be considered a misrepresentation or omission in violation of Rules 7.1 and 7.5.

[42](Later, on August 19, 2013, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 464, which clarifies that a lawyer subject to Model Rule 5.4 may share fees with a law firm practicing in a jurisdiction that permits nonlawyer ownership, even if those fees might be distributed to a nonlawyer, provided that there is no interference with the lawyer's independent professional judgment).

(b) A lawyer may practice law in a law firm in which individual nonlawyers in that firm hold a financial interest, but only if:

The right to assert the privilege can be voided if the communication to the lawyer was also made to nonlawyers.

It's unlikely, however, that if someone were to advertise that employment discrimination issues or estate planning could be done by nonlawyer «equal professionals» who would recruit a «team lawyer» to represent the nonlawyer's client, attorney licensing regulators and UPL committes would not immediately recognize and respond to the unlicensed practice of law, the facilitating by lawyers of the unlicensed practice of law, and the advertising free - for - all that («appearance of impropriety») implies multiple other possible ethical violations.

(If psychologists can draft parenting plans, why can not nonlawyers draft estate planning documents?