What are ethics issues for lawyers practicing remotely from a different state during the pandemic?
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more lawyers have worked remotely from home and practiced law primarily through electronic means. Some of these lawyers live in a different state than where they are licensed to practice law.
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility’s latest formal ethics opinion, released Wednesday, explains that such a practice does not present problems under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, as long as the lawyer does not hold themselves out or advertise that they are licensed to practice law in a jurisdiction in which they are not licensed.