Grant of ABS License in Arizona Extends Elevate’s Ability to Provide Lawyer-Led, Technology-Powered “Run the Company” Solutions for Customers

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – January 13, 2022 – The Arizona Supreme Court granted law company Elevate an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license, making Elevate and its affiliated law firm, ElevateNext, a single entity.  This makes Elevate the first non-lawyer-owned law company, LPO, or ALSP in the United States with an integrated law firm. The ABS-licensed firm uniquely positions Elevate to address customer needs that require some aspect of legal practice along with technology, consulting, or services for ‘run the company’ business operations.

For decades, ethics rules of the various U.S. states prohibited ownership of law firms by non-lawyers. In 2020, Arizona became the first state to eliminate this prohibition. Elevate’s application was approved unanimously by the Arizona Supreme Court in late 2021.

“Our customers come to us for help with problems that typically require some element of legal advice but are best solved by integrating that expertise with legal operations, technology, and services at scale,” said Nicole Auerbach, a Vice President of Elevate who leads the ElevateNext services. “Elevate customers now have a choice they previously lacked – to use a single company for all ‘run the company’ work that requires practicing lawyers at the helm or in the mix.”

Liam Brown, Chairman and CEO, added, “Elevate addresses the ‘business of law’ market at global law departments and law firms. This ABS allows us to offer these sophisticated consumers of legal services lawyer-led capabilities alongside our technology and services solutions. Law companies are different from and not in competition with traditional law firms, which are well-adapted for the ‘advice of law’ market. Law firms collaborate with Elevate as a strategic partner to offer their clients an effective alternative to the Big Four, who have ramped up legal services in recent years to compete with law firms.”

About Elevate

Elevate is the law company. We help legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together. Our multi-disciplinary professionals provide consulting, technology, and multi-language services to more than 100 of the world’s best-known Global 1000 corporations across all sectors (including technology, pharmaceuticals, financial services, insurance, and consumer products) and more than 30 Global 100 law firms. Learn more at elevate.law.