General information only. This is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Each attorney’s license is personal to that attorney.

Short answer: Newark Law Offices will consider acting as local counsel in the states and courts where a firm attorney is licensed or admitted. We will not treat a license as a marketing territory. Alaska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota originating files come in on referral. Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas are federal dockets for Robert C. Newark, III — not state-court practices.

Two different jobs

Lead counsel owns the case. Local counsel is the lawyer the court and the local rules can actually find: someone who can stand up, take a deposition, or sign a filing without pretending a Texas office is a Wisconsin storefront. We do the second job when the first job is already staffed — usually by an out-of-state firm that needs a licensed lawyer of record.

That is why the local counsel page asks for the court and the date, not a general “are you taking cases in my state?” Intake that cannot name a court is usually a consumer call, and those go to the Texas and Oklahoma practice pages, not this one.

Who is licensed where

Robert C. Newark, III is licensed in Texas and Oklahoma state courts and admitted to federal courts in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas. A federal admission is not a state license. We do not take Colorado, New Mexico, or Arkansas state-court matters off this site.

Tyler Wilson is licensed in Oklahoma, Alaska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota state courts. Oklahoma work can run through the Edmond office like any other Oklahoma file. Alaska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota originating matters are accepted on a referral basis — another lawyer or a known source sends the file. They are not advertised as a general consumer docket.

Licenses live on Our People. If a bio and a footer disagree, the bio is the one to trust; we are aligning the rest of the site to that.

Case-by-case is not a slogan

Conflicts, the judge’s standing orders, the hearing date, and whether we can actually be in the room all matter. A Thursday trial setting in a court we can appear in is a different request from an open-ended “be our Oklahoma office.” We will decline the second. We may decline the first if the calendar is already full. A form submission is a request, not a notice of appearance.

Pro hac vice is not a workaround

Local counsel does not admit lead counsel. If the court’s rules require a motion, a sponsoring lawyer, and a fee, those still have to exist. If the jurisdiction does not allow the arrangement the referring firm wants, we will say that before anyone files.

Frequently asked questions

Is a federal admission the same as a state license?
No. Federal-court admission in Colorado, New Mexico, or Arkansas is not a license to practice in those states’ courts.
Are Alaska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota general practice states for the firm?
No. Originating matters there are referral-basis. Local-counsel appearances in those licensed courts are considered case-by-case.

Start on the local counsel page or call 866-230-7236.