Unauthorized Practice of Law

 

VIRGINIA UPL OPINION 72

 

Garnishment Collection by Non-Lawyers.

It is not the unauthorized practice of law for non-lawyers, typically a secretary or paralegal, to appear in court to collect monies resulting from a garnishment so long as this appearance only involves in ministerial or clerical act.

Committee Opinion
December 12, 1984

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