Barry L. Taub v. Mark H. Weber, Acting United States Trustee for Region 18 Ilene J. Lashinsky, United States Trustee for Region 18

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of an adversary proceeding by the United States Trustee (“Trustee”) against Barry Taub, a bankruptcy petition preparer. Applying Oregon law, the issue we decide is whether Taub engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by interpreting the terms “market value” and “secured claim or exemption” in connection with completion of bankruptcy forms. Here, Taub’s discretionary application of a legal principle took him far outside the role of a scrivener. We agree with the bankruptcy court and the district court that Taub engaged in the unauthorized…