Opinion ID: 2355008
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: jurisdiction

Text: For its first point on appeal, Lenders argues that the certification order is void and of no effect because the trial court is without jurisdiction to determine whether Lenders's practice of filling in the blanks on standardized documents constitutes the unauthorized practice of law. It asserts that jurisdiction to decide such an issue lies exclusively with our Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law. This issue was raised and rejected in the companion case of American Abstract & Title Co. v. Rice, 358 Ark. 1, ___ S.W.3d ___ (2004), and our decision in that case is controlling of the issue in this case. Accordingly, we deem it unnecessary to reiterate in the instant case what has been said on this issue in the companion case, and we adopt and incorporate herein by reference the reasoning set forth in that case. See Tay-Tay, Inc. v. Young, 349 Ark. 369, 78 S.W.3d 721 (2002); Loghry v. Rogers Group, Inc., 348 Ark. 369, 72 S.W.3d 499 (2002).