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Alternative Business Structures

New models for providing legal services have been slow to develop because of the requirement that capital for innovation may come only from lawyers. Allowing outside investment in law firms could result in innovative new models of the delivery of legal services that could expand access and reduce cost, while still maintaining the legal profession's ethical standards.

Letter to California Senate Judiciary Chair Tom Umberg Opposing Proposed Amendments Shutting Down State Bar Reform Efforts (June 16, 2022) 

Letter to California Working Group on Closing the Justice Gap on Scope of Regulatory Sandbox (September 2, 2021)

Comments on Scope of Services for Regulatory Sandbox Participants, submitted to the State Bar of California Closing the Justice Gap Working Group (June 17, 2021)
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Comments on Chicago Bar Association/Chicago Bar Foundation Task Force Report (August 21, 2020)

Comments on Utah Supreme Court Regulatory Reform Proposal (July 23, 2020)

Comments on Report and Recommendation of the ATILS Task Force (May 13, 2020)

Comments on Proposal to Regulate Intermediary Connecting Services, submitted to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (April 3, 2020)

​Comments on Non-Lawyer Ownership and LLLPs, submitted to the Arizona Supreme Court (March 30, 2020)

Comments on Report and Recommendation of the ATILS Task Force (March 11, 2020)

Comments to D.C. Bar Global Legal Practice Committee on Rule 5.4 (March 10, 2020) 

Comments in Support of ABA Resolution 115 - Studying Innovative Regulatory Approaches to Access to Civil Legal Services (February 11, 2020)

​Testimony on Proposed Regulatory Changes By California's Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services [ATILS] (September 23, 2019)

Amicus Brief in The Florida Bar vs. TIKD (July 29, 2019)

Comments in Opposition to a Michigan Ethics Opinion Regarding Fixed-Fee Legal Services (July 16, 2018)

Brief to New Jersey Supreme Court on Attorney-Client Matching Services  (July 27, 2017)

Comments on Proposed Virginia Ethics Opinion Regarding Lawyer Participation in Attorney-Client Matching Services (May 5, 2017)

Comments on Issues Paper Regarding Alternative Business Structures, Submitted to the American Bar Association  (May 2, 2016)
 
Comments to the State Bar of California  (May 11, 2015)