State Files UPL Suit in Consumer Protection Effort
News Legal News The state has filed suit against a woman alleged to be engaging in legal services without a license, Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper and Commerce and Insurance Division of...
View ArticleDisbarred Attorney Ordered to Pay Restitution
News Legal News Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Binkley Jr. has ordered former Nashville attorney Michael H. Sneed to pay more than $18,000 in restitution to clients he represented while...
View ArticleABA Ethics Panel Seeks Comments on UPL Issue
News Legal News While finalizing resolutions to be presented to the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates in August, the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 continues to grapple with the issue...
View ArticleNashville ‘Notario Publico’ Shut Down
News Legal News For 17 years, Martha Salazar operated a business in South Nashville where thousands of Hispanics had immigration papers and other legal documents prepared. This week, Davidson County...
View ArticleDealing With the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Tennessee
News How does the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee work with attorneys and the public in protecting consumers from the unauthorized practice of law? Former Committee Chair Sean Lewis provides...
View ArticleFree Domestic Violence Training for Lawyers, Advocates
News Upcoming The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence is offering a statewide legal advocacy training session Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tennessee Health Management in...
View ArticleMan Accused of Pretending to be an Attorney
News Legal News A Nashville couple had no doubt that they were working with a real attorney when they hired Greg Pillow to handle a medical malpractice suit, but suspicion arose when he called saying...
View ArticleWaging War Against the Unauthorized Practice of Law
Journal Journal Category: President's Perspective Apr 2014Journal Name: April 2014 - Vol. 50, No. 4 While it has not been officially declared as one by Congress, and may not be the headline in your...
View ArticleApril Issue Covers UPL, Postjudgment Interest and Sex Week
News Tennessee Bar Journal "Protecting the legal profession is only our secondary goal," Tennessee Bar Association President Cindy Wyrick writes in her Journal column this month where she takes on the...
View ArticleS.C. Court Rejects UPL Claim Against LegalZoom
News Legal News The South Carolina Supreme Court has approved LegalZoom’s business practices on the basis that they mirror other self-help services offered by various state and local agencies, the ABA...
View ArticleLegalZoom Hits Hurdle in North Carolina
News Legal News LegalZoom was probably still celebrating the South Carolina Supreme Court’s approval of its business model when a North Carolina judge breathed continued life into a case claiming the...
View ArticleNew Approach Suggested as LegalZoom Expands
News Legal News After earning a legal victory in South Carolina and fending off all but one of eight other lawsuits, LegalZoom “is poised to significantly broaden the range of services it offers...
View ArticleCBA President: Unauthorized Practice of Law a Danger to Public
News Legal News Chattanooga Bar Association President Paul Hatcher warns of the danger of the unauthorized practice of law in a Hamilton County Herald column. Hatcher cites his disagreement with a...
View ArticleAG Files Suit Against Paralegal for False Advertising
News Legal News Off Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Knoxville paralegal Jonathon Trotter, who falsely advertised his ability to provide...
View ArticleAG Sues Paralegal for Alleged Fake Court Order
News Legal News Off The Tennessee Attorney General’s office has filed suit against Knoxville paralegal Jonathan Trotter, and a judge has ordered that Trotter turn over his files and his Facebook...
View ArticleKnox Lawyer Disbarred for Practicing Law While Suspended
News BPR Actions Off Knoxville lawyer Steven E. Sams was disbarred on Aug. 5 for practicing law while suspended. Sams was suspended on Sept. 12, 2013, for failing to respond to an ethics complaint....
View ArticleWaging War Against the Unauthorized Practice of Law
Journal Journal Category: President's Perspective Apr 2014Journal Name: April 2014 - Vol. 50, No. 4 While it has not been officially declared as one by Congress, and may not be the headline in your...
View ArticleFamily of Woodmore Bus Crash Victim Suing Funeral Home, Law Firm
News Legal News Off The family of one of the children killed in the Woodmore Elementary bus crash last year is suing a Chattanooga funeral home as well as an out-of-state law firm, NewsChannel 9...
View ArticleTraffic Ticket App Startup Sues Florida Bar for Antitrust Violations
News Legal News Off A Florida startup that matches lawyers to drivers who’ve received traffic tickets is suing the Florida Bar and a law firm for allegedly launching a “coordinated attack” to kill its...
View ArticleLawsuit Alleges Non-lawyers at LegalZoom Performed Legal Work
News Legal News Off A complaint filed yesterday in California alleges that online legal resource LegalZoom engaged in the “unauthorized practice of law, false advertising, unfair competition and other...
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