Statement on Washington's Entity Regulation Pilot | Relevant Newsroom
RMS's statement on Washington's Entity Regulation Pilot and fact-specific review.
Press Release — Published 2026-07-22
Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-721, dated December 5, 2024, established an entity-regulation pilot with participant-specific, timebound court authorizations, limited exemptions, and ongoing oversight. The order does not itself authorize RMS, establish RMS participation, or determine that a particular arrangement is permitted.
Official source: Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-721 (pilot framework and individual authorization process): https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Orders/Order%2025700-B-721.pdf
Official source: WSBA administrator overview (not evidence of RMS approval or participation): https://wsba.org/about-wsba/entity-regulation-pilot
RMS provides defined nonlegal services for fixed fees or fixed per-seat fees. RMS does not provide legal services, control legal work or judgment, receive or control client funds, or share in legal fees or outcomes.
Whether a particular arrangement is permitted depends on applicable law, governing documents, and actual operations.
About Relevant Management Services: Relevant Management Services, LLC (RMS) is a nonlegal management-services organization providing defined nonlegal infrastructure, branding, technology, recruiting support, administrative operations, and back-office services to attorney-owned law firms. RMS is paid fixed fees or fixed per-seat fees for those services. RMS does not provide legal services; control professional judgment, client acceptance, conflicts, legal fees, legal staffing, supervision, trust functions, strategy, or legal judgment; receive or control client funds; or share in legal fees or outcomes.
Relevant Management Services is not a law firm and does not provide legal services or legal advice. Nothing in this release is legal advice or an offer of legal services.