Dayton Bar Ass'n v. Stewart

{¶ 1} Relator, Dayton Bar Association, charged respondents, Ricky L. Stewart, a certified public accountant (“C.P.A.”) in Dayton, Ohio, and Ricky L. Stewart, C.P.A., Inc., an accounting firm, with engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. Relator’s complaint alleged that these respondents had practiced law by seeking corporate status for organizing and, in some cases, dissolving companies on behalf of business owners. The Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law concluded that respondents had practiced law in Ohio in violation of licensure requirements, and recommends that we enjoin…