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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 22, 2022

Nonlawyers cannot form or run a law firm, State Bar group decides

Gregory Fortescue, lead attorney at the state Supreme Court, said during a Wednesday meeting: “Paraprofessionals can be employees … they can form a partnership. But we have to remove the term ‘lawyer.’ … They cannot form a firm without a lawyer.”

The California Paraprofessional Program Working Group has decided against a resolution prepared by State Bar staff that would have allowed nonattorneys to form, own, or exercise authority in law firms.

“A licensed paraprofessional or law firm shall not share legal fees for the licensed paraprofessional’s services directly or indirectly with a person who is not a lawyer or a licensed paraprofessional or with an organization that is not autho...

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