Opinion ID: 1222121
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: the cm&r matter

Text: On July 31, 1975, CM&R, Inc., an Idaho corporation, filed suit in the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of Idaho, Blaine County. The complaint was signed by Jay L. Depew as secretary of the corporation. The Discipline Committee concluded that these actions also constituted the unauthorized practice of law and that Depew had again violated I.C. § 3-104, I.C. § 3-420 and the suspension order. Depew had argued that filing suit as secretary of a corporation is merely an ineffective act as opposed to constituting the unauthorized practice of law. Also in connection with the CM&R suit, Depew submitted an order to show cause to the Honorable Douglas O. Kramer, district judge of the above named court, for his signature. Judge Kramer refused to sign the order on grounds that Depew had been suspended and also because he did not believe that a secretary of a corporation could represent that corporation. Despite this refusal, Depew proceeded to have the unsigned order to show cause served upon the defendants. The Discipline Committee concluded that by causing an unsigned order to show cause to be served, Depew had violated sections 1-102(4) and (5) of the Disciplinary Rules. [3]