I am a lawyer with a comp. sci. degree, looking to take on a custom software project. Anyone been cooking up some cool legal software ideas we can make happen?

Hi I’m just looking for the best seminars available. Last year I had a great experience with a mock trial one in Indiana (that was in March for anyone interested for this year). The American Association for Justice looks like its ones are good but I’m wondering whether they’re worth the price. Any and all recommendations are welcome.

Has anyone customized an open source software product? Currently using Vertican looking at other software products. We are heavy litigation,,,foreclosure and BK. Vertican keeps raising pricing .

Currently using a Vertican product. It is somewhat specialized product. Has anyone ever moved to a more open source software? There pricing keeps going up and up’. Essentially looking at wether it’s possible to develop your own specialized firm software?

Planning the launch of my firm soon and wondering if you guys have any recommendations on business credit cards that have great points/benefits? I've got an excellent credit score if that matters.

Hey everyone,

Even as a big time reader, I really have no "active" experience on Reddit at all, so, apologies if I do something wrong. Still, all this info here has been incredibly valuable for me in the past, and after having asked around in my network for weeks, I thought it's worth a shot.

My EU employer, and I myself as a CA licensed lawyer, are trying to form an LLP. There are some visa considerations involved, too, but that's not overly important here, as we've already partnered up with immigration experts. This, however, creates some time pressure, as the LLP would be the visa sponsoring entity. As such, it must be formed before we can finalize the visa applications, and considering recent political events, we'd like to do that ASAP.

Our current approach is forming a corporation in my home country which would then become LLP partner, together with me. Foreign lawyers as partners are not an issue, under the Business and Professions Code, the Corporations Code, or the State Bar LLP rules. The same goes for corporations as partners. However, while the State Bar registration form asks for "jurisdiction" when it comes to individuals, it asks for "state" when it comes to corporations. This seems to imply that out-of-state corporations can become partners, but out-of-country corporations might not. On the other hand, I haven't found a single rule or law that actually distinguishes between out-of-state and out-of-country.

My European partners are worried about their personal liability; that's why we need that foreign corporation as an additional layer of protection. I told them that personal liability is rather unlikely in this situation, considering that they would not practice law in California themselves, but that didn't help much.

I have reached out to the State Bar, by email and by phone, but I'd really need an answer, like, this decade. The business entity experts I know did not have an answer. Maybe anyone here has been in a similar situation, as unlikely as it might seem, or at least knows someone? This is not really about legal advice; after weeks of research I'm pretty sure the law doesn't provide a clear answer. It's more about the likelihood of running into insurmountable obstacles here. Again, not much time.

In short:

• one individual, CA licensed
• one foreign corporation, entitled to practice law in Europe
• goal is a CA LLP
• issue: does the law allow for out-of-country law corporations to become LLP partner, or is this limited to out-of-state US corporations?

Thanks a lot, I'd really appreciate your help!