Legal Opinion
Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Unauthorized Practice of Law v. Sturgeon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 28, 2001No. 99-0417PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
LeRoy Sturgeon has appealed from a district court order enjoining him from the unauthorized practice of law arising out of his bankruptcy business. We modify and affirm.
Sturgeon meets with clients in his office and interviews them to obtain information to prepare chapter 7 bankruptcy documents. Signs posted in his office, as well as his advertising, state he is a “non-attorney bankruptcy specialist” and “no legal advice” is given, although he was an attorney prior to his disbarment in 1992. 1 According to his testimony,
I conduct an initial interview to obtain information from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter CarriersSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Florida Bar v. BrumbaughSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- In Re BachmannUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1990
- Hastings v. United States Trustee (In Re Agyekum)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In Re Discipline of LernerNevada Supreme Court · 2008
- In Re CastorenaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2001
- Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. D'AngeloSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
- Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Brian Loren StoweSupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
- In Re BushUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2002
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