Toledo Bar Assn. v. Palmer

We adopt the findings, conclusion, and recommendation of the board. The unauthorized practice of law consists of “the rendering of legal services for another by any person not admitted to practice in Ohio * * *.” Gov.Bar R. VII(2)(A). We have held that the practice of law “embraces the preparation of pleadings and other papers incident to actions and special proceedings and the management of such actions and proceedings on behalf of clients before judges and courts.” Akron Bar Assn. v. Greene (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 279, 280, 673 N.E.2d 1307, 1308.

Respondent prepared and filed a complaint, a…