GREENSPAN v. THIRD FED. S. & L. ASSN.

No. 2008-1568.

122 Ohio St.3d 455 (2009)

2009-Ohio-3508

GREENSPAN, Appellee, v. THIRD FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Schlachet; Cohen & Malad, L.L.P., Richard E. Shevitz, and Vess Miller; and Arend J. Abel, for appellee.

Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., John D. Parker, Thomas D. Warren, Brett A. Wall, and Karl Fanter, for appellant.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal calls upon the court to determine whether a private cause of action existed for the unauthorized practice of law before R.C. 4705.07 was amended on September 15, 2004, to expressly allow a civil cause of action. Because courts generally did not recognize a common-law cause of action for the unauthorized practice of law prior to 2004, and because this court has exclusive jurisdiction over the unauthorized...

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