State v. Hunt

Jerry Nathan Hunt appeals his convictions of 12 counts of unlawful practice of law, three counts of unlicensed operation as a collection agency, and one count of theft in the second degree. We affirm.

Facts

Hunt called himself a paralegal and operated a business called Strategic Services. He had no formal or academic paralegal training but had learned something about the law while working with an attorney in Spokane for approximately 2 years.

The 12 unlawful practice of law counts fall into the following categories. In eight of the counts, Hunt represented people injured in car accidents who had…