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PRINTER'S NO. 1995
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1319
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, TARTAGLIONE, PHILLIPS-HILL, MUTH AND
SCAVELLO, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in representation of
litigants, further providing for penalty for unauthorized
practice of law.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2524(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 2524. Penalty for unauthorized practice of law.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in [subsection (b)]
subsections (b) and (d), any person, including, but not limited
to, a paralegal or legal assistant, who within this Commonwealth
shall practice law, or who shall hold himself out to the public
as being entitled to practice law, or use or advertise the title
of lawyer, attorney at law, attorney and counselor at law,
counselor, or the equivalent in any language, in such a manner
as to convey the impression that he is a practitioner of the law
of any jurisdiction, without being an attorney at law or a
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corporation complying with 15 Pa.C.S. Ch. 29 (relating to
professional corporations), commits a misdemeanor of the third
degree upon a first violation. A second or subsequent violation
of this subsection constitutes a misdemeanor of the first
degree.
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(d) Diploma privilege.--A person does not violate subsection
(a) if admitted to practice law under diploma privilege as
enacted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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