State Bar & Bar Associations,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 14, 2020
Nonlawyers giving legal advice: Madness or prudence?
This question was raised recently in opposition to proposals by the State Bar of California regarding fee-sharing and nonattorney ownership of law firms: Why are we even contemplating this madness?
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
This question was raised recently in opposition to proposals by the State Bar of California regarding fee-sharing and nonattorney ownership of law firms: Why are we even contemplating this madness? The stage was set for this eventuality when the American Bar Association, in 2012 after a heated debate lasting for a year, rejected efforts to propose a new model rule that would permit lawyers to practice in firms owned in part by nonlawyers. <...
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