Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
New York law prohibits the practice of law in this State on behalf of anyone other than himself or herself by a person who is not an admitted member of the Bar, regardless of the authority purportedly conferred by execution of a power of attorney (Judiciary Law §§ 478, 484; New York Criminal & Civ. Cts. Bar Assn. v Jacoby,
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