During the pandemic, remote work became the norm, with some lawyers even making such choices permanent by moving their homes to locations where they are not admitted to practice law. This shift has raised a number of ethical issues for courts and bars.

The Georgia Bar addressed this question involving a hypothetical lawyer working in Georgia in Formal Advisory Opinion No. 22-1 (“FAO”): “[u]nder Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5, may a Domestic Lawyer or a Foreign Lawyer provide legal services by remote means from Georgia while residing in Georgia, when the services have no relationship with Georgia other than the lawyer’s physical location?”