EXHIBIT 5.1
SOLOMON WARD SEIDENWURM & SMITH LETTERHEAD
August 2, 2000
Advanced Remote Communication Solutions, Inc.
10675 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 200
San Diego, California 92121
RE: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are delivering this opinion and consent to you in connection with the
proposed issuance of up to 2,000,000 additional shares of common stock, no par
value (the "Plan Shares"), of Advanced Remote Communication Solutions, Inc. (the
"Company"), to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan, as
amended March 24, 1997, March 20, 1998, May 11, 1999 and March 11, 2000 (the
"Plan"), and to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement").
We have examined such documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we
have considered necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this opinion and,
based thereon, we advise you that, in our opinion, the Plan Shares have been
duly authorized by the Company and, when paid for and delivered in accordance
with the terms of the Plan and the terms of the agreements evidencing the grants
of the options, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-referenced Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/S/ SOLOMON WARD SEIDENWURM & SMITH, LLP
SOLOMON WARD SEIDENWURM & SMITH, LLP
San Diego, CA.
