As we welcome 2026 with high hopes and new resolutions, let’s review some highlights from 2025 and consider practices that should be carried forward into the new year and those which should be left behind.
Ethics Opinions Issued in 2025
In Texas Ethics Opinion 701, the Professional Ethics Committee concluded that an attorney
Today, several jurisdictions (D.C, Utah and Arizona) permit lawyers to practice in organizations where non-lawyers have ownership interests. For example, D.C.’s Rule 5.4(b) permits D.C. barred attorneys to “practice law in a partnership or other form of organization in which a financial interest is held or managerial authority is exercised by an individual nonlawyer who