ALBANY – Just days after a federal judge rejected a constitutional challenge to New York’s ban on non-lawyer equity ownership of law firms, a New York State Bar Association ethics committee has opined that an attorney employed by an out-of-state firm with non-lawyer owners may not practice in this state.
Opinion 911 (March 14) resulted from an inquiry from unidentified attorneys who asked if they could ethically engage in a business relationship to provide legal services with a United Kingdom entity with non-lawyer owners and supervisors. The answer: No.
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