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.
(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.)
Cross references.- Litigation costs and attorney's fees assessed for frivolous actions and defenses, § 9-15-14.
Admission 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.