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Attorney And Client - Constitutionality Of Statute Authorizing Laymen To Appear Before Workmen's Compensation Commission, Milton Rabinowitz
Attorney And Client - Constitutionality Of Statute Authorizing Laymen To Appear Before Workmen's Compensation Commission, Milton Rabinowitz
Michigan Law Review
Pursuant to legislative authorization the Illinois Industrial Commission promulgated a rule permitting representation by attorney or agent in proceedings before the Commission. Defendant, a layman, had made a business of handling and adjusting compensation claims, and an information was brought against him under a state statute forbidding unauthorized practice of law. Defendant sought sanctuary in the general license granted by the Commission, but the court held, that the Commission's rule was an infringement of judicial power in violation of the state constitution, and, consequently was no defense to the action. Chicago Bar Association v. Goodman, (Ill. 1937) U. …
Attorney And Client - Drafting Legal Instruments As Practice Of Law, Milton Rabinowitz
Attorney And Client - Drafting Legal Instruments As Practice Of Law, Milton Rabinowitz
Michigan Law Review
In citation of defendant for contempt for unlicensed practice of law, held, that the preparing of a note and chattel mortgage and advising as to the legal effect thereof constitutes practice of law. " . . . [The practice of law] includes . . . drawing of wills, deeds, mortgages and other instruments of like character, where a legal knowledge is required, and where counsel and advice are given with respect to the validity and legal effect of such instruments . . . . " State v. Barlow, (Neb. 1936) 268 N. W. 95.
Attorney And Client - Unlawful Practice Before Industrial Commission In Workmen's Compensation Proceedings, Charles R. Moon Jr.
Attorney And Client - Unlawful Practice Before Industrial Commission In Workmen's Compensation Proceedings, Charles R. Moon Jr.
Michigan Law Review
In forty-four states of the Union and in Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands there are workmen's compensation acts. A great majority of these acts provide for a board or commission to settle all disputes as to compensation. Practice before these boards and commissions has become a large share of the business of many lawyers and of many law firms. To them, in particular, and to the legal profession, in general, the question raised in the recent case of Goodman v. Beall is of considerable interest. In this case, suit was brought by a committee of the Ohio …