UPL News
In an effort to share UPL-related news, the links below are to articles or other announcements featuring UPL issues.
- Document Preperation and UPL: A Closer Look at Common Complaints in Georgia
by John Marty | Spring 2026 Georgia Bar Journal - Protecting Georgia’s Communities From the Unlicensed Practice of Law
by John Marty | Winter 2026 Georgia Bar Journal - The Changing Face of Legal Impersonation: UPL in the Age of Scams
by John Marty | Fall 2025 Georgia Bar Journal - Enforcing Boundaries: The State Bar’s Role in Combating the Unlicensed Practice of Law
by John Marty | Summer 2025 Georgia Bar Journal - The Bar in Action: An Update on Operations and Safeguarding the Practice of Law
by Damon E. Elmore | May 2025 Georgia Bar Journal - Investigators Uncover Fraudulent Scheme Targeting Dementia Patient
by Adam Carey | Dec. 12, 2024 - New York woman pretended to be an attorney and stole thousands from Gwinnett resident
by Curt Yeomans | Sept. 24, 2024 - Woman says ex-husband of ‘Steve Harvey Morning Show’ co-host pressured her to commit fraud | WSB-TV Channel 2—Atlanta
by WSBTV.com News Staff | June 24, 2024 - Supreme Court of Georgia approves Formal Advisory Opinion 22-1 (June 11, 2024)
Question Presented: Under Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5, may a Domestic Lawyer or a Foreign Lawyer provide legal services by remote means from Georgia while residing in Georgia, when the services have no relationship with Georgia other than the lawyer’s physical location? - Legal community 'bamboozled' by woman who allegedly posed as attorney for years
by Debra Cassens Weiss | May 15, 2024, 3:08 pm CDT - Man wanted in Gwinnett County for $200K real estate scam arrested
by Christopher King and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team | Updated March 28, 2024 - Protecting Georgians from UPL, Runners and “Super Runners”
by Hon. J. Antonio “Tony” DelCampo | December 2023 Georgia Bar Journal - Four sentenced in Monroe County for COVID victim’s estate forgery from 2020
by Haley Janes | March 21, 2022 - Unlicensed Practice of Law Resolves Long-Standing Dispute with ServiceLink LLC | Compliance Agreement
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