Remole Soil Service, Inc. v. Benson

Plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, obtained a judgment for $87.47 before a magistrate in the small claims division of the Champaign County Circuit Court. The suit was initiated and tried through several court appearances and to judgment by plaintiff’s office manager, an unlicensed attorney. Defendant’s motion to find the plaintiff and its office manager in contempt of court for practicing law without a license was denied by an associate circuit judge after hearing on affidavit, counteraffidavit and argument. The counteraffidavit of the office manager asserted that he is not a licensed…