Miami County Bar Ass'n v. Wyandt & Silvers, Inc.

{¶ 1} On February 11, 2004, relator, Miami County Bar Association, charged that respondents, Roland A. Wyandt of Piqua, Ohio, and Wyandt & Silvers, Inc., a company that provides tax preparation and bookkeeping services in Piqua, had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. The complaint alleged that Wyandt, acting on behalf of Wyandt & Silvers, had provided legal advice to his customers about how and whether to incorporate certain Ohio businesses and then prepared the necessary corporate documents. Similar charges were lodged against Katherine J. Silvers, respondents’ associate, but these…