Partlee United States · Planned · 2027
The Bay Area and New York first.
The US Indian-origin population is the highest-earning major immigrant group in the country and is concentrated heavily around the SF Bay Area, NYC metro, Houston, and Chicago. Partlee US is being scoped first for California and New York, with selective expansion to states that permit Alternative Business Structures.
Available today, via the cross-border practice.
US residents with an Indian connection can engage the cross-border practice today. Anything that requires a US-admitted attorney is paused until the state-by-state panel is in place at launch.
The regulatory landscape
State Bars (50) + ABA Model Rules.
The US legal-services market is regulated state-by-state. Most states follow the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct; California has its own equivalent. Two states (Arizona since 2021, Utah's regulatory sandbox since 2020) permit non-lawyer ownership of law firms; the other 48 retain ABA Rule 5.4, which prohibits fee-sharing with non-lawyers.
Statutes and rules
- §ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (followed by most states)
- §California Rules of Professional Conduct (state-specific)
- §Rule 5.4 - prohibition on fee-sharing with non-lawyers (48 states)
- §Rule 5.5 - Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) restrictions across state lines
- §State-specific family-law statutes (e.g., California Family Code; New York Domestic Relations Law)
The honest read
Fifty jurisdictions, three different rule sets.
The US is the most fragmented market Partlee enters. Rule 5.4 prevents the marketplace-with-commissions model in 48 states. Rule 5.5 means a New York solicitor cannot give advice on a California matter without admission in California. UPL enforcement varies. Partlee US will operate as a technology intermediary, not as a fee-sharing aggregator. State-by-state empanelment is the structural commitment. The Arizona / Utah corporate-ownership models are interesting for later phases but not the starting position.
How Partlee will operate
The architecture, localised.
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Technology intermediary in every state. No fee-sharing with empanelled attorneys.
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Empanelled attorneys admitted in the relevant state hold every matter; Partlee does not provide cross-border-within-the-US referrals beyond what is permitted under Rule 5.5.
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Subscription empanelment, not commission. Same model as India.
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Anonymised matter codes; encrypted channels; same privacy posture as India.
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Strong cross-border to India and UK already on the cross-border practice - US residents with India ties served on day one.
Tracks at launch
What Partlee United States will run, in order.
Prenup / postnup
Cohabitation agreements
Mediation, online and retreat
Divorce (uncontested + contested) - state-by-state, attorney-led
Cross-border to India / UK / Canada
Partlee Private
The full track list mirrors the India product where the local regulator permits it. Tracks not listed above are either inapplicable in this jurisdiction or held until a subsequent phase.
Where to begin today
Two paths. Both real.
Join the waitlist for Partlee United States and we’ll write to you the moment local operations open. If your matter has any India link - domicile, family, property, parents’ estate - the cross-border practice through Partlee India is open today and may already be the right place to begin.