Think state attorney regulators aren’t amenable to the changes that technology brings to the practice of law? Well, here’s more evidence to support that view: New Jersey has come out with an official frowning-upon of “virtual law offices”, including those where attorneys rent office space on a non-fixed basis.

Perhaps the New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising felt its hands were bound by the state rules requiring that attorneys maintain a “bona fide office,” and that this is the surest way to ensure that the rules get changed. However, it could have easily found a more expansive definition of what constitutes a “bona fide office;” one that takes into account our present world of ubiqutous broadband connections, voicemail and mobile phones. Instead, we get this ridiculousness.

Now solos throughout the Garden State have to choose between taking a stand against their regulators or increasing their cost structures by renting inefficient office space. Not good for solos, and not good for consumers who will bear these increased costs.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 11:44 am by Josh King, VP of Business Development and General Counsel and is filed under Josh King Posts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.