27 NCAC 01E .0202          CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

The secretary of the North Carolina State Bar shall issue such a certificate upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(1)           There shall be filed with the secretary of the North Carolina State Bar a registration statement disclosing:

(a)           all names used to identify the filing law firm or professional organization;

(b)           addresses of all offices maintained by the filing law firm or professional organization;

(c)           the name and address of any law firm or professional organization with which the filing law firm or professional organization is in partnership and the name and address of such partnership;

(d)           the name and address of each attorney who is a partner, shareholder, member or employee of the filing law firm or professional organization or who is a partner, shareholder, member or employee of a law firm or professional organization with which the filing law firm or professional organization is in partnership;

(e)           the relationship of each attorney identified in Rule .0202(1)(d) of this Rule to the filing law firm or professional organization;

(f)            the states to which each attorney identified in Rule .0202(1)(d) of this Rule is admitted to practice law.

(2)           There shall be filed with the registration statement a notarized statement of the filing law firm or professional organization by a member who is licensed in North Carolina certifying that each attorney identified in Rule .0202(1)(d) of this Rule who is not licensed to practice law in North Carolina is a member in good standing of each state bar to which the attorney has been admitted.

(3)           There shall be filed with the registration statement a notarized statement of the filing law firm or professional organization affirming that each attorney identified in Rule .0202(1)(d) above who is not licensed to practice law in North Carolina will govern his or her personal and professional conduct with respect to legal matters arising from North Carolina in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the North Carolina State Bar.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 84-23;

Readopted Eff. December 8, 1994.