LawSites
MAY 7, 2021
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August. The two principles are Kent Phelps, an Arizona lawyer since 1996, and Jeffery B.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 4, 2022
So, let’s focus on two parts of your question: Do the Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to store and transmit client information in the cloud? What steps should lawyers take to ensure the security of the data stored there? Some of those opinions may be found on the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s webpage.
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Above The Law
JANUARY 29, 2025
In 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court established its Alternative Business Structure (ABS) program which allows nonlawyers to have an economic interest or decision making authority in a law firm. A few days ago, the Big Four accounting firm KPMG applied for Arizonas ABS license. He is also sympathetic to people with large student loans.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Most lawyers are familiar with Rule 5.4 In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. The purpose is supposedly to prevent nonlawyers from interfering with a lawyer’s independent and professional judgment. Arizona is leading the way. of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Seems Like the Status Quo.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 29, 2021
“Arizona to end peremptory challenges to potential jurors”: Paul Davenport of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona’s top court is eliminating the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers in criminal and civil trials in state courts to remove potential jurors without explanation, a move that proponents said (..)
LawSites
JANUARY 13, 2022
The Arizona Supreme Court has granted an alternative business structure license to law company Elevate , enabling Elevate and its affiliated law firm, ElevateNext, to operate as a single entity in that state, the company says. ” In August 2020, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms.
Diane Drain
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center at the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. Its grantee organizations serving Arizona include the Community Legal Services, Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA), and the Window Rock-based DNA-Peoples Legal Services. Drain, P.A.
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