In US: must be an attorney licensed and in good standing in any state, territory or DC.
Outside US: must be a lawyer or equivalent (eg counselor, barrister, advocate, solicitor), duly educated and licensed/accredited and in good standing.
As a general rule, experienced and currently practicing lawyers, and those teaching law in the legal academy, are more likely to be admitted.
Redline Presents
Roger Royse
Master strategist, keen problem-solver, and business lawyer par excellence, Roger Royse is the Star-Lord of Startups. If a mad scientist AI sought to create the best startup lawyer in the world, Roger is what would emerge from the LLM lab. Not just a lawyer, but a CPA, with an NYU LLM in Tax, to boot, Roger specializes in the law of corporations and securities, inbound venture capital, domestic and international tax, fund formation, and M&A. He's the author of two hugely influential books on the subject of startups, providing expert guidance for the lawyer and (non-lawyer) founder alike on critical topics like entity formation, shareholder relationships, dispute and crisis management, intellectual property, tax implications, and other startup legal imperatives.
Click on the “show more” link to learn how Roger, Redline member since 2014, helped his clients achieve the American Dream, and, from modest roots in North Dakota, became the Silicon Valley startup lawyer legend he is today.
