TheDudeWillAbid
Junior Member
Washington DC.
Situation: A lawyer that is not a member of the DC bar, but is licensed in another state is claiming to represent XYZZY, a company based in DC, in an action against another compay called ACME. So far no papers have been filed with any courthouses and only mediation has been attempted.
The rules for UPL (and exceptions) are listed here
http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/docs/rule49.pdf
This "attorney" has an office in DC and his letterhead indicates he is a member of another bar association, which seems to imply his business is legal related. This seems to exclude him from being excluded from the ADR proceedings heading (12, iii from above)
If this laywer is found to be engaged in UPL, does ACME have any recourse against this lawyer? Can ACME recover attorney fee's due to his UPL? Is there any interference of business issues involved here?
Situation: A lawyer that is not a member of the DC bar, but is licensed in another state is claiming to represent XYZZY, a company based in DC, in an action against another compay called ACME. So far no papers have been filed with any courthouses and only mediation has been attempted.
The rules for UPL (and exceptions) are listed here
http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/docs/rule49.pdf
This "attorney" has an office in DC and his letterhead indicates he is a member of another bar association, which seems to imply his business is legal related. This seems to exclude him from being excluded from the ADR proceedings heading (12, iii from above)
If this laywer is found to be engaged in UPL, does ACME have any recourse against this lawyer? Can ACME recover attorney fee's due to his UPL? Is there any interference of business issues involved here?