IN RE OPINION NO. 26 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 5, 1993.
Remanded June 4, 1993.
Reargued October 11, 1994.
Decided March 13, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph M. Clayton, Jr. argued the cause for appellant New Jersey Land Title Association (Mr. Clayton, attorney; Mr. Clayton and John R. Weigel, on the briefs).
Arthur M. Greenbaum argued the cause for appellant New Jersey Association of Realtors (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin & Davis, attorneys; Mr. Greenbaum and Barry S. Goodman, of counsel; Mr. Greenbaum, Mr. Goodman, Jessica R. Mayer, and Luke J. Kealy, on the briefs).
Sarah T. Darrow, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).
Michael A. Casale and John McGoldrick argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association (Colasanti, Ermel & Casale, attorneys; Mr. Casale, on the briefs).
Robert M. Washburn submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Builders League of South Jersey, Inc. (Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, attorneys).
Sydney V. Stoldt, Jr., submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Bergen County Bar Association (Stoldt & Horan, attorneys; Mr. Stoldt and Dorothy A. Kowal, on the brief).
Arthur J. Abramowitz submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Camden County Bar Association (Mr. Abramowitz, attorney; Mr. Abramowitz and Edward D. Sheehan, on the brief).
Carol J. Truss submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Monmouth County Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association (Gross, Hanlon, Truss & Messer, attorneys; Ms. Truss, James E. Berube, Jr., Paul M. Griffin, Michael B. Steib, I. Mark Cohen, Leslie Vincent, and Alan M. Klatsky, on the brief).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
PER CURIAM.
We again confront another long-simmering dispute between realtors and attorneys concerning the unauthorized practice of law. See New Jersey State Bar Ass'n v. New Jersey Ass'n of Realtor Bds.,93 N.J. 470, 461 A.2d 1112 (1983). Title companies are also involved. Our resolution of the dispute turns on the identification of the public interest. Since our decision today permits sellers...
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