Many attorneys charge ahead with business plans without seeking expert advice, only to find themselves in violation of Bar rules. Now there's the Florida Bar's Law Office Management Assistance Service. The program, the first of its type in the United States, was based on a lawyer assistance model in Australia. "It's the little oversights that will get an attorney suspended or disbarred," says Professor John Berry.
March 08, 2001 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Last year, Bill Spratt, a partner in the Miami office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, was considering launching a health care consulting business to supplement his health care-oriented law practice.
He vaguely realized that starting a nonlegal ancillary business could raise conflict-of-interest issues. A colleague recommended that he discuss the idea with the Florida Bar’s Law Office Management Assistance Service (LOMAS), which provides free phone consultations for Florida Bar members.
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