In Re Miller’s Empirical Analysis

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75 state decisions

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1. “practice of law,” a determination that it need not make today, the provision of debt settlement services to Kansas residents such as Kinderknecht, by Persels’ staff or by Per-sels attorneys whom are not licensed to practice law in Kansas, would constitute the unauthorized practice of law in violation of Rule 5.5(a) of the Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct, Kan. S.Ct. Rule 226. And even if Persels is not engaged in the practice of law, it may well be engaged in”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parks v. Persels & Associates, LLC (In Re Kinderknecht)

2. “Rather than going to work for an attorney, the Respondent appears to have hired an attorney to continue his legal work for him. The supervision that is required by the rules was not present in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Davis

3. “[a] suspended attorney cannot function independently as a law clerk or paralegal; he or she must work for and be supervised by a licensed attorney who is ultimately responsible for the paralegal work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF BLAKE