First Adopted: March 03, 1994
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 1994
Rule 9 | Rules Governing The Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Practice of Law in the State
9.10 | Foreign Legal Consultants – Scope of Practice
A person registered as a foreign legal consultant pursuant to Rules 9.05 to 9.12 may render legal services and give professional advice only on the laws of the jurisdictions identified in the certificate. Such person shall not by virtue of such registration:
(a) Appear for a person other than herself or himself as an attorney in any court, before any judicial officer, or before any administrative agency in this state except as provided in Rule 9.03;
(b) Issue subpoenas in any action or proceeding or sign pleadings or any other papers that are to be filed in any action or proceeding brought in any court, before any other judicial officer, or before any administrative agency;
(c) Render professional legal services or advice on the law of the state of Missouri or of the United States or of any other jurisdiction, whether rendered incident to the preparation of legal instruments or otherwise;
(d) In any way hold himself or herself out as an attorney licensed in this state or as a member of The Missouri Bar; or
(e) Use any title other than one or more of the following, in each case only in conjunction with the name of the jurisdictions identified in the certificate of registration:
(1) "Foreign Legal Consultant";
(2) Such foreign legal consultant's authorized title in the jurisdictions identified in the certificate of registration; or
(3) The name of such foreign legal consultant's firm in such jurisdictions.
(Adopted March 3, 1994, effective July 1, 1994.)