Thank you Rodney, Chris, Wyatt for the informative feedback….really helpful. Without having spent a lot of time with the California Practice Act, I agree with Wyatt that a landscape architect does not have to be a principal to practice at a firm. I know many licensed LA’s that are not currently owners of the firms they’re employed by.
However, being the sole license holder within a ‘landscape architectural firm’, it’s seems like an untypical situation. As Rodney notes, the employees do not sign the contract for the work. Which potentially brings up a disconnect between the person sealing the drawings (an employee in this case), and the person guaranteeing the work (professional services), who is not licensed.
