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State Bars Address Virtual Law Practice

By Stephanie Kimbro | July 12, 2008 | Confidentiality, Ethics, Virtual practice | 3 Comments

Over the past month, I have spoken with several attorneys who want to open virtual law practices. They are approaching their state bars to get the go-ahead before hanging the virtual shingle. If you live in Texas, Maryland or Georgia, you may want to keep an eye out for opinions from your state bar authorities […] ...READ MORE

Notice & Understanding: Setting the Scope of Representation for Online Clients

By Stephanie Kimbro | May 19, 2008 | Ethics, Unbundling - Limited Scope | Leave a Comment

While each state’s bar has different rules governing their attorneys, I suspect that many of the rules of professional conduct and ethics opinions are similar. The NC State Bar was one of the first to address virtual law practice. On January 20, 2006, the NC State Bar adopted the 2005 Formal Ethics Opinion 10 (Ethics […] ...READ MORE

Legal Directories and a Virtual Law Office – What’s Your Address?

By Stephanie Kimbro | February 5, 2008 | Ethics, Marketing, Practice Management | Leave a Comment

This week I’m considering giving online legal directories another chance. As more and more attorneys are dropping out of Martindale Hubbell, I recently turned to Findlaw’s online directory options. I formerly had a listing with Lawyers.com and was unhappy with the unprofessional splash page that they insisted on setting up for me. Why they would […] ...READ MORE

Unsecure Law Office Emails – Not the Only Way to Talk to Clients Online

By Stephanie Kimbro | January 20, 2008 | Confidentiality, eLawyering, Ethics, Practice Management | Leave a Comment

Ross Kodner of Ross Ipsa Loquitur posted sections of an interview with his state’s bar journal about the state of legal technology. Predictably, the question of security in legal technology came up here. As Kodner discusses, email communications are unsecure and to help with the potential ethics violations, he recommends that attorneys let their clients […] ...READ MORE