Feb 18, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories
Panel takes non-binding conceptual votes
John Stewart
A potential rule change that could allow non-lawyer law firm employees to become partners and ease fee sharing rules with nonlawyers is getting a closer look from a special committee.
The Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services, at its February 16 meeting, also voted to approve in concept a simplification of Bar advertising rules, including doing away with the mandatory review of ads instead making filing voluntary.
The committee also heard a report about a proposal to allow an as yet unspecified legal aid office to operate a pilot program using Florida Registered Paralegals to help clients.