A lawyer may use the street address of a “virtual law office,” or VLO, as a “principal law office address” as contemplated in the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, the New York City Bar Association said in a new ethics opinion.

In Opinion 2014-02, the bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics said Rule 7.1, which governs attorney advertising and requires disclosure of a physical address, would not be undermined, and in fact would be advanced, by the use of a VLO.