In Re Sackman’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “meant. 1967 Editorial. Critics suggested that the proposed revision would allow attorneys who predominantly practiced in New York or Philadelphia to meet the requirement by attending a New Jersey office on a regular but infrequent basis. Id. Furthermore, some members of the New Jersey bar feared that this revision would make it more difficult for people to secure qualified and committed counsel. Id. They believed that New Jersey residents would be better served by local counsel who would be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tolchin v. Supreme Court of New Jersey

2. “For the purpose of this section, a bona fide office is a place where the attorney or a responsible person acting on the attorney’s behalf can be reached in person and by telephone dui’ing normal business hours. A bona fide office is more than a maildrop, a summer home that is unattended during a substantial portion of the year, or an answering service unrelated to a place where business is conducted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matter of Kasson

3. “[t]he premise ... that the mere fact of living in New Jersey makes it more likely, and more to the point, sufficiently more likely, that that lawyer will be more competent, accessible and accountable than the one who is living in another state[,] ... [if] true, ... is only marginally true.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bach v. Pataki