Martin Cole, the current director of the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, and William Wernz, Of Counsel at Dorsey & Whitney, gave a useful overview of the common but rarely -
understood multijurisdictional practice of law.
The early implementation has been significant — 8 new firms in progress — one traditional, one virtual, one
multijurisdictional — all going through a new process that demonstrates they
understand that starting a new law firm has real obligations and a public interest implications.