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Coast-to-Coast Legal Practice
Amy, a fourth-year associate, practices law in the real estate group at a large Chicago law firm that advertises itself to clients as being able to provide coast-to-coast legal services and expertise in a variety of real property matters. In a typical day, Amy may negotiate a lease on behalf of a local tenant regarding property located in California, offer advice to a corporate landlord organized under the laws of Delaware regarding Delaware law, draft a ground lease for a national retailer that leases properties in several states and prepare an easement that will be recorded in the land records in Maricopa County, AZ.
If your daily practice mirrors that of Amy's, you can probably classify your legal practice as multi-jurisdictional. In today's technology-driven culture, law firms are able to compete for the representation of clients located throughout the country and, as a result, many of us have provided legal services to clients located in a state other than the one(s) in which we are licensed. While we all studied legal ethics in law school, the constant pressure to meet client demands often makes it difficult to find time to stay current with the changes to our code of ethics. With the expansion of multi-jurisdictional practice, transactional lawyers would be well-advised to re-examine their ethical obligations and evaluate whether skirting a state's admission requirements and providing legal advice regarding property or laws of a state in which they are not licensed creates any ethical pitfalls.
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