Historically, In the US ethics rules have mandated a law firm may not be owned by a non-attorney nor have fee sharing agreements with non-attornies. There has

Historically, In the US ethics rules have mandated a law firm may not be owned by a non-attorney nor have fee sharing agreements with non-attornies. There has been some recent push away from that, but e.g. when they attempted it in California the legislature stepped in: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/article/2022-november/new-california-law-bans-state-bar-s-pursuit-of-corporately-owned-law-firms https://www.advocatemagazine.com/article/2022-november/new-c...