The Supreme Court has codified in Bar rules that it’s permissible for an out-of-state licensed attorney to live in Florida and work remotely on matters not connected to Florida, so long as the lawyer and any firm employing the lawyer do not hold out to the public as having a Florida presence.

The unanimous court acted February 17 in In Re: Amendments To Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 4-5.5, Case No. SC21-1379.

In May of last year, the court approved an advisory opinion by The Florida Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law that it was not the unlicensed practice of law for an out-of-state licensed attorney to work remotely from Florida on matters not connected to Florida.