In New Mexico, corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) are registered with the Corporations Bureau at the Public Regulations Commission. For more information, please click on the link below.   Read More...

If you are an Indiana lawyer interested in starting your own practice, you should begin by reviewing the information provided by the Indiana Secretary of State office.  This website provides general information on the different types of Indiana business entities as well as details on registering an entity in Indiana.    Read More...

Kansas lawyers interested in starting their own practice, should review the information provided by the Kansas Secretary of State office on its website.  This website provides general information on the different types of Kansas business entities as well as details on registering an entity in Kansas.    Read More...

If you are a Missouri lawyer interested in starting your own practice, you should begin by reviewing the information provided by the Missouri Secretary of State office.  This website provides general information on the different types of Missouri business entities as well as details on registering an entity in Missouri.    Read More...

The first step for Missouri lawyers when planning to leave their firm is to read In re Cupples, 979 S.W.2nd 932 (Mo. 1998).

From the opinion: "Prior to withdrawal, lawyers within a firm have a duty to treat each other fairly and honestly and to put the interests of the law firm regarding firm business before their individual interests. The lawyer may not compete with the firm for business opportunities. Each lawyer has a duty to the firm to represent firm clients diligently, competently, and zealously.

After an attorney withdraws from a firm, the fiduciary duties no longer prohibit competition. However, the firm and the departing attorney have a duty to deal in good faith in winding up the firm business. Both the withdrawing attorney and the firm have a duty to inform firm clients of any material change in representation and to obtain the clients' informed direction as to how the client wishes its work to be handled. The withdrawing attorney and the firm also have a duty to orderly maintain or transfer the clients' files in accordance with the clients' directions and to withdraw from representing those clients by whom they are discharged. Both the withdrawing attorney and the firm have a mutual duty, not only to the client, but to each other as well, to make certain that these tasks are completed in a competent and professional manner to the reasonable satisfaction of their clients."