Korey asks:
***If I would have gone to the local library and checked out a book for her to read on Bankruptcy, would that be the Unauthorized practice of law?????***
I will assume that your question is asked in a sincere attempt for enlightenment, rather than to be argumentative.
If you had checked out a book on Chapter 13 and handed it to her, you would not have been practicing law. If, on the other hand, you had checked out a book on Chapter 13, gone through it and extracted the information that you thought would give her what she needed to file and prosecute a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, handed it to her and asked for a $350 check, that would be practicing law. It sounds like you came much closer to doing the latter than you did the former.
A lawyer can get into trouble, including criminal conduct, in more ways than any other profession. That risk is multiplied many times over by a lay person intruding into the practice of law.
I can speak with some objectivity on this, Korey. I'm not protecting my professional turf, because I haven't practiced law for more than 20 years, I'm retired from it now, and even before I retired I spent most of my professional life as a journalist, not a lawyer. Furthermore, I now earn my living through a profession that is affiliated with the law but that does not involve the practice of law. It sounds like you crossed the line. |
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| Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Korey Humphreys on 2/12/05 10:20pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - JMHIER_CA on 2/12/05 10:24pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - BarbaraL/CA on 2/12/05 10:37pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Reginald Wilks on 2/13/05 1:46am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Kathy on 2/13/05 8:11am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Korey Humphreys on 2/13/05 11:39am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Ted_MI on 2/13/05 8:16am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - HisHughness on 2/13/05 8:31am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - HisHughness on 2/13/05 8:45am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - kmnotary_CA on 2/13/05 8:52am |
| I've A Question for You, Hugh. - Dennis D Broadbooks on 2/13/05 9:17am |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - HisHughness on 2/13/05 9:48am |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - BrendaTX on 2/13/05 9:57am |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - CaliNotary on 2/13/05 1:25pm |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - CarolynCO on 2/13/05 4:04pm |
| Thanks for the FREE Legal Opinion, Hugh! - Dennis D Broadbooks on 2/13/05 1:01pm |
| Re: Thanks for the FREE Legal Opinion, Hugh! - HisHughness on 2/13/05 2:08pm |
| BTW... - Dennis D Broadbooks on 2/13/05 3:00pm |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - MarleneM/USNA on 2/14/05 9:31am |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - PAW_Fl on 2/14/05 11:35am |
| Re: I've A Question for You, Hugh. - MarleneM/USNA on 2/15/05 8:09am |
| As a paralegal ... - Bobbi in CT on 2/13/05 10:47am |
| Re: As a paralegal ... - CarolynCO on 2/13/05 12:18pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Korey Humphreys on 2/13/05 11:44am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Korey Humphreys on 2/13/05 11:54am |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - HisHughness on 2/13/05 12:07pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - HisHughness on 2/13/05 12:27pm |
| Hard to prove - Bobbi in CT on 2/13/05 12:57pm |
| Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Indiana Notary on 2/13/05 12:00pm |
| Re: MY UPDATE (KOREY) - Korey Humphreys on 2/13/05 1:30pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - CaliNotary on 2/13/05 1:34pm |
| Re: Pro bono defined ... - CarolynCO on 2/13/05 12:36pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - art on 2/13/05 1:41pm |
| Re: Someone to listen while I blow off steam!!!! - Anonymous on 2/14/05 7:14am |