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REPORT: Warren Practiced Law Without License

Elizabeth Warren / AP
September 24, 2012

Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren practiced law in the state without a valid law license, according to William A. Jacobson:

Warren is not licensed to practice law in Massachusetts.  Warren’s name does not turn up on a search of the Board of Bar Overseers attorney search website (searches just by last name or using Elizabeth Herring also do not turn up any relevant entries).

I confirmed with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers by telephone that Warren never has been admitted to practice in Massachusetts. ...

Warren’s own listing of her Bar admissions is consistent with not being licensed in Massachusetts.  In a June 25, 2008 CV Warren listed only Texas and New Jersey.

Warren also illegally practiced law out of her Harvard office, according to Jacobson:

Regardless of where she was admitted, Warren consistently since the late 1990s has held herself out as having her professional address for legal representation at her Harvard Law School office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Warren was listed as "Of Counsel" on Travelers’ Supreme Court Brief, listing her Harvard Law School office as her office address. ...

In order to practice law in Massachusetts, particularly from a Massachusetts office, one needs to be admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, which Warren never has been.  There is no general exception from licensing requirements for law professors. ...

I detail above the facts and law which lead me to the conclusion that Warren has practiced law in Massachusetts without a license in violation of Massachusetts law for well over a decade.