Legal Action Taken Against Non-Lawyers

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UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW FORMAL CASES
 
       
RESPONDENTS COUNTY DATE CASE NO.
       
UPL Formal Complaints Filed      
       
Lisa Crocker; dba A Woman for Women Maricopa 2/26/2004 CV2004-003731
Bert Martinez; dba Liberty Property Damage Maricopa 4/12/2004 CV2004-007114
Gary Karpin; aka Gary J. Karpin; dba Divorce With Dignity; dba Divorce Associates; dba Karpin & Associates  Maricopa 4/15/2004 CV2004-007080
John Sloss; dba John J. Sloss & Associates Maricopa 12/1/2004 CV2004-023018
Diane Cooper; dba Cooper Frias Legal Services Maricopa 2/24/2005 CV2005-003347
Greg Shannon-Levitt; dba Fathers and Mothers in Legal Yearning and Family, Inc. Pima 5/31/2005 C2005-3004
Ronald V. Strawn; dba Strawn Consulting Group et al. Maricopa 8/4/2005 CV2005-012353
Diane Nguyen; dba Arizona Legal Services Maricopa 9/6/2005 CV2005-014020
Norma Rodriguez; dba ICCI Accident Claim Professionals Maricopa 9/29/2005 CV2005-015332
Edward Blum; dba Legal Research Consultants Maricopa 10/29/2005 CV2005-016470
Richard Perry; dba Dust Devil Legal Services Maricopa 11/9/2005 CV2005-017457
Jeffrey Herald; dba Herald and Herald Associates Maricopa 11/9/2005 CV2005-017458
Peter Fischer; dba Fischer, Larson & Powell Maricopa 8/2/2005 CV2005-012337
Marilyn "Lynn" A. Ricketts; dba American Indian Legal Services and Ricketts & Associates Maricopa 5/25/2006 CV2006-007949
Marilyn Creasy; dba The Legal Shoppe, L.L.C. and Amish Ventures, Inc. Maricopa 6/1/2006 CV2006-008214
Laurena M. Jerez Maricopa 6/26/2006 CV2006-009532
LaFayette Moses; dba Just Us Paralegals Maricopa 9/21/2006 CV2006-014431
Jeffery Benson; dba Law Offices of the Firm Maricopa 6/12/2007 CV2007-010378
Willis Parrish, dba Claim Care LLC Maricopa 6/15/2007 CV2007-010783
Larry Fassler, dba Southwest Legal Services Pima 8/21/2007 C2007-4732
       
UPL Injunctions/Default Judgments      
       
Lisa Crocker; dba A Woman for Women Maricopa 12/2/2004 CV2004-003731
Bert Martinez; dba Liberty Property Damage Maricopa 7/11/2005 CV2004-007114
Greg Shannon-Levitt; dba Fathers and Mothers in Legal Yearning and Family, Inc. Pima 11/17/2005 C2005-3004
LaFayette Moses; dba Just Us Paralegals Maricopa 2/27/2007 CV2006-014431
Marilyn "Lynn" A. Ricketts; dba American Indian Legal Services and Ricketts & Associates Maricopa 3/12/2007 CV2006-007949
       
UPL Cease and Desist Consent Agreements      
       
Gary Karpin; aka Gary J. Karpin; dba Divorce With Dignity; dba Divorce Associates; dba Karpin & Associates  Maricopa 6/8/2005 CV2004-007080
Diane Cooper; dba Cooper Frias Legal Services Maricopa 3/23/2005 CV2005-003347
Norma Rodriguez; dba ICCI Accident Claim Professionals Maricopa 11/5/2005 CV2005-015332
Diane Nguyen; dba Arizona Legal Services Maricopa 11/15/2005 CV2005-014020
Ronald V. Strawn; dba Strawn Consulting Group et al. Maricopa 12/14/2005 CV2005-012353
Jeffrey Herald; dba Herald and Herald Associates Maricopa 1/20/2006 CV2005-017458
John Sloss; dba John J. Sloss & Associates Maricopa 1/31/2006 a
Richard Perry; dba Dust Devil Legal Services Maricopa 11/9/2005 CV2005-017457
Peter Fischer; dba Fischer, Larson & Powell Maricopa 9/12/2006 CV2005-012337
Laurena M. Jerez Maricopa 11/2/2006 CV2006-009532
Willis Parrish, dba Claim Care LLC Maricopa 8/10/2007 CV2007-010783
       
Contempt Actions Filed      
       
Diane Cooper; dba Cooper Frias Legal Services Maricopa 8/25/2005 (vacated) CV2005-003347
Richard Berry ; dba Why Pay a Lawyer? Supreme Court 11/9/2005 (see order) 76-0069 (Supreme Court)
Roger McKee Supreme Court 8/31/2006 (see order) SB-06-0136-D
       
Memorandums of Understanding (informal agreement)      
       
Robert E. Karoly & Investor's Recovery Specialists, Inc. Maricopa 7/2/2007 (SBA) 2007-E016
Barbara Morejon & Immigration Assistance Center LLC Maricopa 7/25/2007 (SBA) 2006-E142
Rose Cain dba Unified Humanities Association Maricopa 9/4/2007 (SBA) 2007-E055