Opinion. Article about it. Excerpt:
A New York law firm may designate as “of counsel” a lawyer who is licensed to practice law in New York but resides and practices law mainly in a foreign country, provided that: (a) the of counsel lawyer has a “continuing relationship” with the law firm; (b) the use of the of counsel title is not false or misleading in other respects; and (c) the of counsel lawyer’s practice does not constitute the unauthorized practice of law in the foreign country.