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· 11/28/2001

Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Unauthorized Practice of Law v. Sturgeon

Citations

  • 635 N.W.2d 679
  • 2001 WL 1199882

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding court rule prohibiting unauthorized practice of law was not unconstitutionally vague as applied to defendant who prepared forms and rendered advice to clients
  • rejecting the attorney’s argument that the record did not support license revocation because the attorney admitted the misconduct in his answer
  • affirming injunction barring disbarred lawyer from drafting bankruptcy pleadings for clients
  • affirming injunction barring disbarred lawyer from drafting bankruptcy pleadings for clients
  • “Clearly, Sturgeon counseled clients on which documents they needed to file, and this has been held to be the practice of law.”

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Judges: Larson, Snell, Streit

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