GC Under Attack in Virginia over Law License
- Posted by Geoffrey G. Gussis on August 24th, 2006
- Filed in Risk Management & Compliance
Robert Ambrogi reports on the State of Virginia and its pending investigation of Richard J.M. Poulson’s (of Smithfield Foods) law license. If you are an in-house attorney and are not licensed in your state, you should check its rules - many states (including New Jersey) now require in-house counsel to obtain a special license to practice law:
"The Virginia State Bar is investigating Richard J.M. Poulson of Smithfield Foods over his lack of bar admission, according to a report in the Virginia newspaper The Daily Press. Poulson dropped his bar membership in 2001, but a 2004 change in Virginia law requires anyone acting as a company lawyer to become a member of the bar or get a special certificate. Virginia legal ethics expert Jim McCauley, who is ethics counsel for the Virginia State Bar, told The Daily Press that the investigation could result in a letter telling Poulson to discontinue the practice of law."
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