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8 N.C. St. B. Newsl. 1 (1983)

handle is hein.barjournals/ncsbarnew0008 and id is 1 raw text is: The North Carolina State Bar Newsletter Volume 8 /Number 1 /1983 OFFICIAL NOTICE OFFICIAL NOTICE . REGISTRATION OF INTERSTATE LAW FIRMS The North Carolina Supreme Court on December 8, 1982, approved DR 2-102(E) and rules requiring registration of practitioners, firms and professional associations having permanent professional rela- tions with lawyers not licensed to practice law in North Carolina. REGISTRATIONS MUST BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR, P. O. BOX 25908, RALEIGH, N.C. 27611 NOT LATER THAN APRIL 15, 1983. DR 2-102 Firm Names and Letterheads (E) No lawyer may maintain a permanent profes- sional relationship with any lawyer not licensed to practice law in North Carolina unless a certificate of registration authorizing said professional relation- ship is first obtained from the Secretary of the North Carolina State Bar. § 2.1 INTERSTATE PRACTICE OF LAW No law firm or professional corporation having among its constituent partners or employees attor- neys who are not licensed to practice law in North Carolina or having as its partner a law firm or profes- sional corporation which has among its constituent partners, shareholders or employees attorneys who are not licensed to practice law in North Carolina may do business in North Carolina without first having obtained a certificate of registration. The Secretary of the North Carolina State Bar shall issue such a certificate upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 1) There shall be filed with the Secretary of the North Carolina State Bar a registration statement disclosing: a) all names used to identify the filing law firm or professional corporation; b) addresses of all offices maintained by the filing law firm or professional corporation; c) the name and address of any law firm or professional corporation with which the filing law firm or professional corporation is in partnership and the name and address of such partnership; d) the name and address of each attorney who is a partner, shareholder or employee of the filing law firm or professional corporation or who is a partner, shareholder or em- ployee of a law firm or professional corpora- tion with which the filing law firm or profes- sional corporation is in partnership; e) the relationship of each attorney identi- fied in (d) above to the filing law firm or professional corporation; f) the states to which each attorney identi- fied in (d) above is admitted to practice law. 2) There shall be filed with the registration state- ment certificates showing that each attorney identi- fied in (1)(d) above who is not licensed to practice law in North Carolina is a member in good standing of each state bar to which he had been admitted. Such certificates must bear the seal of the state agency or court of last resort which is responsible for regulating the legal profession in the issuing state. 3) There shall be filed with the registration state- ment a notarized statement of the filing law firm or professional corporation affirming that each attor- ney identified in (1)(d) above who is not licensed to practice law in North Carolina will govern his personal and professional conduct with respect to legal matters arising from North Carolina in accor- dance with the Code of Professional Responsibility of the North Carolina State Bar. 4) There shall be submitted with each registra- tion statement and supporting documentation a registration fee of $90.00 as administrative cost. A certificate of registration shall remain effective until January 1 following the date of filing and may be renewed annually by the Secretary of the North Carolina State Bar upon the filing of an updated registration statement which satisfies the require- ments set forth above and the submission of the registration fee. This rule shall not be construed to confer the right to practice law in North Carolina upon any lawyer not licensed to practice law in North Carolina. The North Carolina Plan of Specialization as adopted by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar on October 21, 1982 and as printed in Volume 7 Number 4 of THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR NEWS- LETTER was approved by the North Carolina Supreme Court on December 8, 1982. Official Publication of the North Carolina State Bar

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