Internet Referrals Blessed

The District of Columbia Bar’s Legal Ethics Committee recently opined that:

“Lawyers may participate in both not-for-profit and for-profit lawyer Internet-based referral services where the services require a flat fee for participation, a flat fee for transmitting the lawyer’s name to a potential client, and/or a flat fee for every client secured as a result of a referral.”

The full opinion is linked here. (Mike Frisch)