IN RE ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 63975.

722 S.W.2d 947 (1987)

In re ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois insurance corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest H. Fremont, Jr., Bert S. Braud, Kansas City, for informant.

Darrell L. Havener, Kansas City, Alex Bartlett, Jefferson City, Jeffrey Lennard, Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Robert O. Hetlage, P. Terence Crebs, Matthew D. Menghini, St. Louis, for amicus curiae Nat'l Assn. of Independent Insurers, et al.


ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON INFORMATION

BLACKMAR, Judge.

The respondent, Allstate Insurance Company, is a liability insurer which sometimes assigns attorneys in its full-time employ to defend its insured in civil litigation. The Advisory Committee brought an action in this Court charging (1) that the use of employee attorneys in this manner violates § 484.020(1), RSMo Supp.1984, in that it constitutes the practice of law (§ 484.010(1), RSMo 1978) and...

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