In the above example, is the New Jersey lawyer "practicing" in New Jersey where he is licensed but not physically located or is he practicing in Florida where he lives but is not licensed. As far as the world will know, he will remain a New Jersey lawyer. Phone calls to his New Jersey number will automatically be forwarded to his Florida home office or his cell phone.
He will remain on the New Jersey firm’s website, identified as affiliated with the firm, and all of his contact information will show him as practicing in New Jersey. Neither he nor the New Jersey firm will provide him with a public presence or profile in Florida, nor will he represent to anyone that he is a Florida attorney. Despite physically working in Florida, he will not represent or solicit any Florida clients. There, he intends to convert a room of his new retirement home into a law office, where he will continue to perform services for the New Jersey firm, using his laptop connected to the firm’s network. He wishes to begin a phased retirement and move to Florida. Imagine a New Jersey admitted attorney who works at a New Jersey law firm, practicing only New Jersey law.
As my colleague Ron Minkoff describes the butt-in-seat issue: The pandemic brought about a welcome development in the legal profession: renewed focus on the "butt-in-seat" problem for lawyers who are practicing across state lines.
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