ALBANY – The New York State Bar Association has reaffirmed its opposition to the ownership of law firms by nonlawyers. A resolution approved by the organization’s House of Delegates in a voice vote said its continuing opposition was “in the absence of a sufficient demonstration that change is in the best interest of clients and society, and does not undermine or dilute the integrity of the legal profession.”
The Nov. 17 action approved a recommendation of a task force appointed in February to assess whether changes in the profession justified a shift in the position taken by the group in 2000.
