Non-lawyers can represent employers at unemployment compensation proceedings, a splintered Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. The plurality decision overturned a lower court decision that found such action amounted to the unauthorized practice of law. Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy wrote in the opinion that public interest concerns didn't warrant such a classification, given "the character of the activities performed," the informal nature, and the minimal amounts at issue in unemployment hearings.
April 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Employers can be represented by non-lawyers at unemployment compensation proceedings, a splintered Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
The plurality decision — only five justices participated and a concurrence in the result was the deciding vote — overturned an en banc Commonwealth Court decision that found the practice amounted to the unauthorized practice of law.
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