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Solo Seeks To Challenge Archaic Bonafide Office Rules at the Supremes
May a state – consistent with the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV – require non- residents, who are licensed to practice as attorneys in that state, to maintain a separate physical office in that state as a condition of practicing law there, when the state does not require resident attorneys to maintain any…
Read MoreDelaware’s Bonafide Office Requirement Is Bonafide Hypocrisy & Bonafide Short-Sighted
You might say that recently sanctioned Delaware attorney Fred Barakat didn’t set his sights high enough. Suspended for two years for several disciplinary violations including representing clients from his Pennsylvania home without a bonafide office in Delaware, Barakat could have been a paragon rather than a pariah had he founded an #AltLaw operation instead of settling…
Read MoreEthics Follow Up Part I: New Jersey bonafide office rule improves but still fails to recognize reality of the cloud
For those of you who track ethics developments at MyShingle, there are a couple of updates to report. Here’s Part I; Part II (on blogs and the First Amendment) is Ethics Follow Up 2: Will Virginia law blogger’s challenge to discipline deprive other blogs of First Amendment protection? Back in March 2010, I mocked New…
Read MoreBonaFide Office Rules – A Rejoinder by Tannebaum
Last week, I criticized a ruling out of New Jersey interpreting the bonafide office rule to prohibit virtual offices. I argued that the rule (1) would force lawyers to hire staff and rent full time space, thereby raising the cost of legal services and (2) make it difficult for recently unemployed lawyers and female lawyers…
Read MoreNJ’s Bonafide Office Rule Would Have Me Doubled Over With Laughter Except That It Will Double the Cost of Legal Services
I wish that I hadn’t chosen April Fools’ Day to post about ACPE 718/CAA 41, the joint opinion by two New Jersey judicial advisory committees ruling that virtual office arrangements, outsourced or shared receptionist services and even working outside of the office for more than a few hours violate New Jersey’s “bonafide office requirement.” Because…
Read MoreDetermination of A Bonafide NY Office Requirement Is Next Step To Its Demise
The New York Journal reports on a recent Court of Appeals ruling interpreting NY Judiciary Law §470 as requiring attorneys who are not residents of New York to maintain a physical office in the space to practice. That physical office requirement means a real space – not a kitchen table or a corner in Starbucks.…
Read MoreThe Remote Versus Physical Office Debate Revisited, Post-Pandemic
Once upon a time, the biggest question that a starting solo confronted was whether to work remotely from a home office or from a physical office. Indeed, I devoted long blog posts here and here about making a decision between the two, and assuring lawyers that there was really no right answer. Fast forward to…
Read MoreStart a Law Firm With A Tiny Office Ordered On Amazon
Why rent office space, when you can buy your own office – online, no less. Believe it or not, you can order a pre-fab tiny house made out of a shipping container for just $36,000 plus delivery fees from Amazon, according to Curbed.com. The house contains a bedroom, shower, toilette kitchenette appliances and living area which…
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