Is an Attorney a Natural Born Person
I'm doing research into this question. For the purpose of being able to sign documents before a court, effectuate a summons, etc. is an attorney required to be a natural born person. Or can an "attorney" be a legal person such as an LLC or a corporation.
As near as I can tell the word "attorney" can mean "agent" or it can mean "lawyer".
For example, imagine a pleading, summons or other legal submission to a court of law that was signed not with the words "John Doe, Esquire" but rather signed with the words "The Law Offices of John Doe". Is that a validly submitted document?
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If by attorney you mean a person who is licensed to practice law, then you're talking about a natural person.
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Well omitting jokes about laywers not being people (or perhaps not naturally born), an attorney may be working for a PA or corporation, he signs as himself, a person, representing whatever client (corporation or individual) he is acting for. The client may be paying the PA or corporation that the attorney is employed by, but the corporation/PA can't act in court or on paper.
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No, a corporation can not act as its own attorney. This is very well settled law. Every attorney also has a bar association number which would be on every filing. "Naturally born" is legally a meaningless phrase.
A corporation or other legal entity can NOT be an attorney. It is a person in the eyes of the law and only a licensed attorney can represent it. No legal fiction is going to get around that. Better minds than yours have tried this game and it doesn't work.
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I'm doing research into this question. For the purpose of being able to sign documents before a court, effectuate a summons, etc. is an attorney required to be a natural born person. Or can an "attorney" be a legal person such as an LLC or a corporation.
As near as I can tell the word "attorney" can mean "agent" or it can mean "lawyer".
For example, imagine a pleading, summons or other legal submission to a court of law that was signed not with the words "John Doe, Esquire" but rather signed with the words "The Law Offices of John Doe". Is that a validly submitted document?
Must be a human being, and a live one at that ... oohhh those mortgage companies & their dead people signing legal papers