Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sep. 30, 2016
Can an attorney be in two places at once?
The California lawyer who seeks to represent clients in another jurisdiction must thoroughly research the law in that jurisdiction to determine if the lawyer's actions are permissible there. By David Cameron Carr
David C. Carr
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A recent Minnesota discipline case raises the question first posed by the Firesign Theatre 40 years ago: How can you be in two places at once when you aren't anywhere at all? The answer, according to a majority of the Minnesota Supreme Court, is: quite easily.
The facts are simple. A lawyer is admitted in Colorado and actively practicing there, while also licensed but inactive in New York, Florida and Alaska, but not Minnesota where his spouse's mother and father live. These in-laws ...
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