Choice of Law

Illinois State Bar Ethics Opinion Discussing Virtual Practice

September 30, 2012 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

I discovered another state bar ethics opinion related to virtual practice when researching ethics opinions for the online marketing tools book this weekend. The Illnois State Bar published Ethics Opinion No. 12-09 in March 2012 regarding multijurisdicitonal practice, choice of law issues, and unauthorized practice of law. Here is the text regarding the virtual office scenario: ...READ MORE

Choice of Law in Cross-Border Practice

March 14, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

Below is the comment I submitted this morning to the ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission Working Group on Uniformity, Choice of Law, and Conflicts of Interest in response to their request for feedback on the issues paper on Choice of Law in Cross-Border Practice. One of the fact patterns in the issues paper specifically referrred to a virtual law office and […] ...READ MORE

ABA Ethics 20/20 Addresses Choice of Law Issue in Virtual Law Practice

February 6, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

Virtual lawyers and multijurisdictional virtual law firms take note: The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 has released yet another issues paper proposing changes to ethics rules that could affect the delivery of legal services online. This newest paper comes from the Working Group on Uniformity, Choice of Law, and Conflicts of Interest and is entitled “Choice of […] ...READ MORE