Legal Opinion
Iowa Supreme Court Commission on the Unauthorized Practice of Law v. Raymond William Sullins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 7, 2017No. 15–1081PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we must decide whether a disbarred attorney engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when he took a partial assignment of a judgment for back-due child support from a friend who owed him money and they both pursued collection in the same court proceedings. Non-lawyers can represent themselves in court to pursue collection on claims they wholly own by assignment. But a nonlawyer cannot represent another party in court. After a bench trial, the district court found this former lawyer engaged in the practice of law because his friend stood to receive part of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Rieff v. EvansSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001
- Schmidt v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Rees v. City of ShenandoahSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- Matlock v. WeetsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
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