O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Those who are admitted to practice in the superior courts may practice in any court of this state other than the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, for each of which another and special license shall be obtained.
History
(Orig. Code 1863, § 362; Code 1868, § 423; Code 1873, § 388; Code 1882, § 388; Civil Code 1895, § 4397; Civil Code 1910, § 4931; Code 1933, § 9-102.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Litigation costs and attorney’s fees assessed for frivolous actions and defenses, § 9-15-14. Admis-
sion to appear before Supreme Court, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 4.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Legislative intent. - Legislature in passing this section was not dealing with the formulation of a definition of what then constituted the practice of law in this state; the purpose of this section is simply to define who may practice law in the various courts of this state. Boykin v. Hopkins, 174 Ga. 511, 162 S.E. 796 (1932). Trust company may prepare papers relating to conveyance of property. - In light of the history of the legislation on the subject, the restrictions upon the right to practice law refer to practice in the courts, and do not prohibit a private corporation, organized under the laws of this
state and exercising as a business the general powers of a trust company by examining, certifying, and guaranteeing titles to real estate under authority conferred by its charter, from exercising a further charter power ‘‘to prepare any and all papers in connection with conveyance of real and/or personal property that it may be requested to prepare by a customer.’’ Atlanta Title & Trust Co. v. Boykin, 172 Ga. 437, 157 S.E. 455 (1931). Cited in Lanier at McEver, L.P. v. Planners & Eng’rs Collaborative, Inc., 284 Ga. 204, 663 S.E.2d 240 (2008).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorneys at Law, § 13 et seq.
C.J.S. - 7 C.J.S., Attorney and Client, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
McEver v. Planners & Engineers Collaborative, Inc., 663 S.E.2d 240 (Ga. 2008).
· cites it 4× “" Thus, professional engineers are very much like physicians and attorneys in the degree they are regulated by the state in order to protect the public welfare.”
Jones v. Wellon, 514 S.E.2d 880 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 2× “Attorney liens are recognized under- the chapter of the Georgia Code dealing with liens generally, OCGA § 44-14-320 (a) (11); however, the parameters of such liens and the rights associated with them are established under a separate title and chapter of the Code dealing…”
Matthews v. State, 354 S.E.2d 175 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987).
· cites it 2× “” (No issue is made of counsel’s noncompliance with OCGA §§ 15-19-1 and 15-19-51. The trial court later granted him special permission to appear, pursuant to Rule 4.”
Dickey v. Fulton Cnty. Bd. of Assessors, 776 S.E.2d 480 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-19-1 et seq. OCGA § 15-19-30 recognizes that “attorneys are officers of the courts of this state; that they have the exclusive right to practice law and represent members of the public in connection with their legal affairs.”
Patricia L. Dickey v. Fulton Cnty. Bd. of Assessors (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “Applying the rules of construction to the statute, and giving the “plain and ordinary meaning” to the word “attorney” in OCGA § 48-5-311 (o), it is clear that the legislature intended there to be a distinction between a taxpayer’s employee (such as PTA) and a taxpayer’s attorney.”
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