Senate Bill S2610

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A197 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A197
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง478, 484 & 485-a, Judy L

2013-S2610 (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-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2610

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

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-
for-profit corporation law; or (2) to law students who have completed at

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12002-03-3
              

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