Administrative/Regulatory,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Law Practice
Dec. 8, 2017
Count 1: Practicing law without a license
It took until autumn 2017 for the California attorney general to recognize that only a licensed attorney can lawfully represent another in an administrative hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ralph Barat Saltsman
Partner
Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson
Email: rsaltsman@ssjlaw.com
Ralph has extensive experience in the area of land use licenses and permits.
Stephen Warren Solomon
Attorney
Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson
Email: ssolomon@ssjlaw.com
Stephen practices administrative law. His expertise centers on licensing and Indian gaming and catastrophic personal injury.
Stephen Allen Jamieson
Partner
Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson
Email: sjamieson@ssjlaw.com
Stephen has represented plaintiffs and defendants in trials, and litigated cases involving catastrophic personal injury, business frauds, torts of all kinds, land use, and Indian casino gaming.
Holding a drill does not make someone wearing a white coat a dentist. Dressing up in a sailor's suit doesn't qualify anyone to captain a freighter through the Dardanelles. A suit, tie and brief case doesn't enable an unlicensed consultant to try an administrative hearing.
When Abraham Lincoln mused, "He who represents himself has a fool for a client," he probably wasn't contemplating how ill-advised it is for an unlicensed person to represent himself or o...
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