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A Nightmare On Main Street (Part Mxl): Freddie Joins An Accounting Firm, Gary A. Munneke
A Nightmare On Main Street (Part Mxl): Freddie Joins An Accounting Firm, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The subject of multidisciplinary practice (“MDP”) has intrigued me for well over a decade. The topic has led me into new areas of research, and sometimes into the cross hairs of colleagues in the legal profession. My views have not always represented the mainstream of thinking among lawyers, and that is reflected in the title of my talk today: “A Nightmare on Main Street (Part MXL): Freddie Joins an Accounting Firm.”
Lawyers, Accountants, And The Battle To Own Professional Services, Gary A. Munneke
Lawyers, Accountants, And The Battle To Own Professional Services, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Competition between lawyers and accountants is not a new concept. At various times during the past century, these two professions have clashed over the scope and definition of their respective services. Lawyers traditionally have relied upon a professional monopoly to provide “legal” services as a device to exclude nonlawyers from the practice of law. Supported by statutes in many jurisdictions making the unauthorized practice of law a criminal offense and ethics rules prohibiting lawyers from assisting in the unauthorized practice of law, lawyers have always been able to identify some inner sanctum of professional services that only they could handle. …