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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 4, 2021

Effectively working with out-of-state co-counsel during the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has been no zombie apocalypse, but it has forced law firms to reevaluate how they do business, particularly across state lines.

David Baker

David is an attorney in Irvine.

Walking past the main conference room at his prestigious downtown firm, associate Russ Judicata noticed several of the firm's senior attorneys seated at one end of the massive marble table watching a midday newscast on a television monitor. He wondered if this might be an opportunity to make a good impression of some sort and slipped into the room.

"Why is it always the lawyers who suffer most?" Abe Initio, the firm's managing partn...

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