In Re Opinion No. 745 of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that Rule 1:39-6(d) expressly permits certified attorneys to pay referral fees to out-of-state lawyers, and that such payments do not implicate the unauthorized practice of law. Accordingly, the Court vacated ACPE Opinion 745, which had prohibited those payments, while leaving unchanged the Committee’s guidance on fees to withdrawn or later‑disbarred lawyers.