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QUESTION: Does the preparation of deeds, easements, and other legal instruments by a municipal employee, who is not a member of The Florida Bar, for the acquisition of real property and easements needed by the municipality in the course of regular busines constitute the unauthorized practice of law?

SUMMARY: The Supreme Court, in the exercise of its exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the practice of law, has adopted a broad definition of what constitutes the practice of law, and any requests for a legal opinion concerning possible unauthorized practice of law on the part of agents or employees…