I practice immigration law solely. I am licensed in federal court, but do not have a Pennsylvania law license. I have a law office near the federal courthouse and I do immigration matters regularly in immigration court and when appeals if necessary, in federal court. Am I allowed to have a Pennsylvania office?
Samuel C. Stretton.
The question is a very interesting one because Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 5.5(b), states the following: “A lawyer who is not admitted to practice in this jurisdiction shall not accept as authorized by Rule Pa. Bar 302 or other law establish an office or other systematic and continuous presence in this jurisdiction for the practice of law or hold out to the public or otherwise represent that the lawyer is admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction.”
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