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Tom Gordon

@ATomGordon

Founder and executive director of Responsive Law. Husband, dad, baseball fan (Go Phils!). Tweets are my own views and often coincide with others' views.

Katılım Eylül 2021
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Tom Gordon
Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
The U.S. lawyer cartel's impact on access to legal help is equal to the combined impact of a military junta and some of the world's worst poverty.
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw

The country of Niger is ruled by a military junta and has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. Americans and Nigeriens have an equally difficult time finding affordable legal help, according to the just released @TheWJP Rule of Law Index. responsivelaw.org/blog/access-to…

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Institute for Justice@IJ·
America is in the midst of an access-to-justice crisis and broad prohibitions on the unauthorized practice of law are not helping. For many Americans facing routine legal issues (related to divorce, child custody issues, etc.) hiring a lawyer is simply unaffordable. 🧵
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Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
@willhornsby @willhornsby Better preventive legal care would reduce the need for litigation. However, as long as we're governed by laws, we'll need legal services. Similarly, preventive medical care doesn't eliminate the need for doctors but does make medical care less costly.
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Will Hornsby
Will Hornsby@willhornsby·
@ATomGordon @ATomGordon Isnt a better option elimination of the need 4 legal services. What if the medical community had no preventive care & insisted only on treating people w/ an array of medical provides once a patient became sick? Need policies that obviate the need 4 courts & providers.
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Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
False narrative #2: Allowing non-lawyer ownership and non-lawyer provision of legal services will harm the public. Nope again. When regulations have been reformed, evidence shows consumers get legal services as good or better than under traditional models.
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw

Reforming regulations that prevent innovative legal services delivery is key to getting consumers affordable legal help. Our latest blog post (coauthored by our @ATomGordon and @JessicaBednarz) rebuts the false narratives raised bby opponents of reform. responsivelaw.org/blog/texas-pro…

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Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
False narrative number one: "Access to justice is a low-income problem." Nope. Most people would have to work a week or more to afford one hour of a lawyer's help.
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw

Reforming regulations that prevent innovative legal services delivery is key to getting consumers affordable legal help. Our latest blog post (coauthored by our @ATomGordon and @JessicaBednarz) rebuts the false narratives raised bby opponents of reform. responsivelaw.org/blog/texas-pro…

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Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
Query: Should Pullman abstention apply when the state court's potentially clarifying action is regulatory in nature. Is a state SCT using power granted it by legislation to create an exception to UPL laws a resolution of unclear state law under Pullman?
Tom Gordon@ATomGordon

The federal district court in SC has granted a stay in NAACP v. WIlson, holding that Pullman abstention applies. So tenants in SC will have to wait for months/years while this case takes a ride on the procedural merry-go-round. responsivelaw.org/uploads/1/0/8/…

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The federal district court in SC has granted a stay in NAACP v. WIlson, holding that Pullman abstention applies. So tenants in SC will have to wait for months/years while this case takes a ride on the procedural merry-go-round. responsivelaw.org/uploads/1/0/8/…
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Responsive Law
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw·
On @bobambrogi's podcast, @ATomGordon and @MarkovichMaya discuss their recent piece that @ABAesq *didn't* publish, arguing that the controversy around DoNotPay shows the need for more nuanced regulation of legal services, not a binary system of "lawyers: in; everyone else: out."
Bob Ambrogi@bobambrogi

Last week, I wrote about the op-ed on regulatory reform by @MarkovichMaya and @ResponsiveLaw that @ABAesq wouldn't publish. Now here's the @LawNextPodcast interview with Maya and Tom that expands on their op-ed. lawnext.com/2023/08/on-law…

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Tom Gordon@ATomGordon·
@natalalleycat The author says that "according to some sources, programs in Utah and Arizona may expand ownership of law firms to nonlawyers." It's difficult to cite the data from UT and AZ if you think that these models are just a rumor.
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Natalie Anne Knowlton
Natalie Anne Knowlton@natalalleycat·
Here we go again with all-or-nothing thinking. The medical profession’s experience with PE ownership should be a guide for developing *better* models of co-ownership in the law. And not mentioned here (of course) is the data on these models in UT and AZ. abovethelaw.com/2023/08/thankf…
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Bob Ambrogi@bobambrogi·
Citing 'political challenges' within the ABA, its Center for Innovation cancelled an op-ed advocating for regulatory reform. I have the op-ed and full details of what happened. This comes as the ABA annual meeting convenes in Denver. @ABAesq #ABAAnnual lawnext.com/2023/08/citing…
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Responsive Law
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw·
Our brief in the @upsolvebk case argues that consumers have a First Amendment right to receive legal advice from trained non-lawyers. The gov't interest in "protecting consumers" (by denying them the only legal help available) doesn't outweigh this right. responsivelaw.org/blog/brief-urg…
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Responsive Law
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw·
The ABA represents less than 15% of American lawyers, and it's not a representative sample. Those who want to expand access to legal solutions do; those who don't join the ABA and rail against the wind. responsivelaw.org/blog/aba-takes…
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Erin Levine
Erin Levine@erinlevine_·
My littlest outlaw (mia) called big sister zoe, a ‘naked mole rat’ this morning and I couldn’t understand what the big deal was. Then I googled it … What in the ….
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Responsive Law
Responsive Law@ResponsiveLaw·
If you live in CA, please call into the hearing Tuesday, June 21, 10am PT and state your opposition to AB 2958. The hearing phone number is 877-226-8163 and the access code is: 5069107. More about the bill here: responsivelaw.org/blog/ca-senate…
Jim Sandman@jim_sandman

California Assembly Bill 2958 would prohibit reforms of the civil legal system necessary to allow Californians to exercise their civil rights. It puts the interests of lawyers ahead of the interests of the people. It will harm the public. Oppose AB 2958. @SenatorUmberg

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