Text A Lawyer: Uber for Lawyers?
Like getting a ride via an app? How about getting a lawyer that way? Text A Lawyer hopes to be the Uber of legal service providers. Here’s how it works: …
Yet Another State Condems Avvo Advisor Lawyer Referrals
On August 8, 2017, the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics joined New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania and said “no” to Avvo Advisor, a pay-for-service lawyer …
Participating in Avvo Advisor is Unethical
Avvo Advisor is easy. A prospective client visits the website https://www.avvo.com/advisor, selects the legal services needed, pays Avvo a fixed fee, and Avvo arranges for an “experienced Louisiana lawyer” to return the prospective …
May I Market My Law Practice with Donuts?
The advice from a recent South Carolina Bar Association opinion: “Eat up.” See S.C. Bar Ethics Adv. Op. 15-02. That answer came in response to an opinion request from a firm …
May I Share Office Space with Nonlawyers?
Technological improvements have allowed lawyers to practice in nontraditional settings. From homes to beaches to shared office suites, lawyers can get more and more work done without secretaries, dictaphones and …