Introduction
To Outsourcing Terminology For Lawyers
By LPO
Carmona Founder, Jennifer Trinidad
February 1,
2014
The
American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, San Diego Bar Association,
Ohio Supreme Court, Florida Bar and North Carolina Bar all have determined that
a lawyer can hire the outsourcing company from a different country and also can
comply with the ethical rules if the lawyer follows certain procedures. See ABA
Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 08-451 (2008);
Ethics of Legal Outsourcing White Paper By Mark Ross, Published on February 14,
2010; The Ethics Of Legal Outsourcing, Steven C. Bennett; San Diego County Bar
Association, Ethics Opinion 2007-1; Supreme Court of Ohio, Board Of
Commissioners On Grievances And Discipline; North Carolina, 2007 Formal Ethics
Opinion 12; Informational Packet Outsourcing Paralegal Work, The Florida Bar
Ethics Department; The Association Of The Bar Of The City Of New York Committee
On Professional And Judicial Ethics Formal Opinion 2006-3; American Bar
Association Model Rules Of Professional Conduct http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html;
American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html;
Pollak, Darya. "I'm Calling My Lawyer...in India!: Ethical Issues in
International Legal Outsourcing." UCLA Journal of International Law and
Foreign Affairs 11 UCLA J. Int'l L. & Foreign Aff.99 (2006); Offshore
Legal Outsourcing: the Ethical Implications. (Mark Ross MCLE Course
handout) Glendale, CA: LawScribe, Inc, 2007; ABA Formal Opinion 00-420
Surcharge to Client for Use of a Contract Lawyer http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/issue_index.html;
Rules 1-4, Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007.
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