These summaries were prepared by McGuireWoods LLP lawyer Thomas E. Spahn. They are based on the letter opinions issued by the Virginia State Bar. Any editorial comments reflect Mr. Spahn's current personal views, and not the opinions of the Virginia State Bar, McGuireWoods or its clients. 
 
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41-Non-Virginia Lawyers

Following several other states, “Virginia has no interest in restricting the practice of a lawyer whose only connection to Virginia is a physical location within the state.”; Thus, non-Virginia lawyers may practice systematically and continuously “for any length of time,” “may have a public presence in Virginia and [are] not required to be ‘invisible’ within the state” -- as long as their work “involves the practice of the law of the [non-Virginia] lawyer’s licensing jurisdiction or exclusively federal law that does not require Virginia licensure.” Such lawyers must disclose that they are not licensed to practice in Virginia.

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn