A Nest Of Unauthorized Practice

A consent two-year suspension has been imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for unauthorized practice.

The attorney had been placed on disability inactive status in 2003. 

“At some point ” he became employed by a law firm as “Litigation Manager.” 

The firm’s website identified his credentials as a J.D. with a degree from Temple Law “offering over 33 years of experience in settling all types of personal injury claims.”

The stipulation recites how he brought those skills to bear in dealings with a claims specialist for a health care provider without advising her of his non-attorney status.

The court imposed an 18-month consent suspension of the attorney who employed him for facilitating the unauthorized practice of the above attorney and another attorney who had been suspended for five years in 2012.

That suspended attorney consented to disbarment in April 2018. (Mike Frisch)