Judiciary Law § 478 provides that it is unlawful for a person to practice law in New York without having first, inter alia, been duly and regularly licensed or admitted pro hac vice. The Court of Appeals has interpreted this section broadly to include "legal advice and counsel as well as appearing in the courts and holding oneself out as a lawyer" (Spivak v Sachs,
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