Not exact matches
You should always seek specific legal advice for your
particular circumstances and with a
lawyer who is skilled
in the area and
jurisdiction relevant to your circumstances.
I suppose one might want to distinguish for some of them the
lawyer who has a generally accessible online presence (like a web site) and who accepts clients by electronic communications from anywhere, compared to a
lawyer who targets a
particular jurisdiction other than the one
in which he or she is formally admitted to practice.
Researchers could identify the standard «playbook» that
lawyers in a given
jurisdiction use
in particular types of cases.
For information
particular to your situation, you should seek legal advice from an experienced
lawyer in your
jurisdiction.
This is exactly what any divorce
lawyer does
in a conventional divorce situation but the strategic international
lawyer will pay
particular attention to any connections that the family has with other countries, to assets that are located overseas and to the possibility of moving assets or family to other
jurisdictions.
You should not act or depend on any data on our website, where applicable, without seeking the counsel of a competent
lawyer licensed to practice
in your
jurisdiction for your
particular legal issues.
His cases frequently involve cross-border issues where there is a need to work closely with
lawyers from different
jurisdictions,
in particular the USA.
This very varied evidentiary legislation situation, will produce a very inconsistent caselaw, one
jurisdiction to the next, once judges and
lawyers realize the consequences
in law required by the fundamental difference between an electronic record and a pre-electronic paper record —
in particular, the «system integrity concept» that is expressly stated
in the electronic records provisions; e.g.: s. 34.1 (5), (5.1) of the Ontario Evidence Act; and, s. 31.2 (1) of the Canada Evidence Act (see my Slaw blog article, «The Dependence of Electronic Discovery and Admissibility upon Electronic Records Management,» published Nov. 22, 2013).
Are we teaching the next generation of
lawyers to become conventional one - on - one, face - to - face, bespoke, consultative specialist advisers who are expert
in the substantive law of
particular jurisdictions and charge on an hourly basis?
Prof. Conduct 123 (2001)(subject to the operational structure and content described
in the opinion, a
lawyer may affiliate with an online legal services website); Nebraska Op. 07 - 05 (
lawyer may participate
in internet
lawyer directory which identifies itself as a directory, disclaims being a referral service and only lists basic information about
lawyers without recommending specific
lawyers and charges a reasonable, flat annual advertising fee); New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising Op. 36 (2006)(
lawyer may pay flat fee to internet marketing company for exclusive website listing for
particular county
in specific practice area if listing includes prominent, unmistakable disclaimer stating the listings are paid advertisements and not endorsements or authorized referrals); North Carolina Op. 2004 - 1 (
lawyer may participate
in for - profit online service that is a hybrid referral service - legal directory, provided there is no fee - sharing with the service and communications are truthful); Oregon Op. 2007 - 180 (2007)(
lawyer may pay nationwide internet referral service for listing if listing is not false or misleading and does not imply that the
lawyer can represent clients outside
jurisdictions of the
lawyer's license, fee is not based on number of referrals, retained clients or revenue generated by listing and the service does not exercise discretion
in matching clients with
lawyers); Rhode Island 2005 - 01 (permitting website that enables
lawyers to post information about their services and respond to anonymous requests for legal services
in exchange for flat annual membership fee if website exercises no discretion over which requests
lawyers may access); South Carolina 01 - 03 (
lawyer may pay internet advertising service fee determined by the number of «hits» that the service produces for the
lawyer provided that the service does not steer business to any
particular lawyer and the payments are not based on whether user ultimately becomes a client); Texas Op. 573 (2006)(
lawyer may participate
in for - profit internet service that matches potential clients and
lawyers if selection process is fully automated and performed by computers without the exercise of human discretion); Virginia Advertising Op.