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Local Counsel
20 published works
Bloom Legal Blog
How to Choose Local Counsel in Louisiana: 8 Questions to Ask
If you’re an out-of-state attorney figuring out how to choose local counsel in Louisiana, start with this: your local counsel is not a name parked on a signature block. In…
Bloom Legal Blog
What Does “Local Counsel” Actually Do in a Louisiana Federal Case?
Out-of-state firms often plan for local counsel as a formality: a name on the pro hac vice motion and an address for service. The local rules in Louisiana’s three federal…
Bloom Legal Blog
Your Client Was Transferred to Louisiana or Texas. Now What?
Local counsel for out-of-state attorneys filing immigration habeas petitions in Louisiana and Texas federal courts For attorneys. Bloom Legal does not practice immigration law. We serve as sponsoring local counsel…
Bloom Legal Blog
Choosing Local Counsel for Federal Litigation in Louisiana: What to Look For
Local counsel in Louisiana’s federal courts isn’t a formality you check off — it’s a mandatory role with real professional exposure attached to it. Out-of-state trial teams often treat the…
Bloom Legal Blog
Strategic Savings: How Local Counsel Helps Control Litigation Costs
In the world of high-stakes litigation, the “sticker shock” of a legal bill often has less to do with the actual lawyering and more to do with the friction of…
Legal Profession Blog
Local Yokels
Opinion 387 of the District of Columbia Bar Legal Ethics CommitteeThe D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Helpline regularly receives calls from D.C. lawyers seeking clarification regarding their ethical obligations when they…
Dear Ethics Lawyer
October 4, 2022 Issue – Local Counsel Ethical Obligations
Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I have been asked by a law firm from another city to serve as local counsel to them in a litigation matter. The law firm wants…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Bankruptcy Firm Using Local Counsel Model Sanctioned
By Sam Turco
I've received ten of these emails in the past year from the Babbs Law Firm based in Orlando, Florida: "Good morning Attorney Turco, My name is Terrylle, and I am…
The Law for Lawyers Today
Client sanctioned for local counsel’s communication screw-up
By Karen Rubin
Going abroad? Think that "national counsel" is going to take care of anything that comes up when you're gone? Get swamped when you return and take "several weeks" to wade…
Legal Profession Blog
Troubled Waters
An Iowa attorney recently was reprimanded by the Attorney Disciplinary Board for failing in his duties as local counsel for an Illinois lawyerThe Court first notes the clear inference that…