Chira v. Global Medical Review Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Howard Miller, J.

Motion by defendants to dismiss the complaint and other relief.

CPLR 321 (a) requires that a corporation be represented by *369an attorney in a Supreme Court action. Although defendant Judith A. Marshall, the president of the corporate defendant, purports to represent the corporation, she acknowledges she is not an attorney. Thus the motion is denied in its entirety as to the corporate defendant.

Defendant Marshall contests jurisdiction on numerous grounds, which will be treated seriatim.

1. Lack of jurisdictional basis. Marshall is a California domiciliary, who…