Working with a coalition of other state bar associations, the New Jersey State Bar Association scored a key win for integrity in the legal system at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, by helping pass a measure that reinforces central principles of the profession and stands firm in opposing non-lawyer fee-sharing and law firm ownership by non-lawyers.

Appearing on behalf of New Jersey attorneys, NJSBA delegates to the ABA, including President Jeralyn L. Lawrence and President-Elect Tim McGoughran, joined thousands of colleagues in state bar associations around the country from Aug. 3-9. The annual meeting culminated with the House of Delegates, the ABA’s governing body of 583 delegates, which convened to vote on more than 30 agenda items.

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