Assembly Bill A197

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes technical changes to provisions of the judiciary law relating to practicing or appearing as an attorney-at-law without being admitted and registered

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A197 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2610
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§478, 484 & 485-a, Judy L

2013-A197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical changes to provisions of the judiciary law relating to practicing or appearing as an attorney-at-law without being admitted or registered.

2013-A197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   197

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to practicing or  appear-
  ing as an attorney-at-law without being admitted and registered

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 478 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 492
of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S 478. Practicing or appearing as attorney-at-law without being admit-
ted and registered. It shall be unlawful for any natural person to prac-
tice or appear as an attorney-at-law or as an attorney and counselor-at-
law for a person other than himself or herself in a court of  record  in
this  state, or to furnish attorneys or counsel or an attorney and coun-
sel to render legal services, or to hold himself or herself out  to  the
public  as  being entitled to practice law as aforesaid, or in any other
manner, or to assume to  be  an  attorney  or  counselor-at-law,  or  to
assume,  use,  or advertise the title of lawyer, or attorney and counse-
lor-at-law, or attorney-at-law  or  counselor-at-law,  or  attorney,  or
counselor,  or  attorney  and  counselor,  or  equivalent  terms  in any
language, in such manner as to convey the impression that he or she is a
legal practitioner of law or in any manner to advertise that he  or  she
either  alone  or  together  with any other persons or person has, owns,
conducts or maintains a law office or  law  and  collection  office,  or
office  of  any  kind for the practice of law, without having first been
duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in  the  courts
of  record  of  this  state, and without having taken the constitutional
oath. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be  held  to
apply  (1)  to  officers  of  societies for the prevention of cruelty to
animals, duly appointed, when exercising the  special  powers  conferred
upon  such corporations under section fourteen hundred three of the not-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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