FIA Card Servs., N.A. v. Pichette
Annotate this CaseIn three separate debt collection cases, three attorneys authored pleadings on behalf of three pro se defendants without disclosing their respective identities or entering his or her appearance in the cases. In separate orders, two hearing justices sanctioned each attorney for drafting, but not signing, answers and objections to dispositive motions on behalf of the pro se defendants. The Supreme Court vacated the sanctions, holding (1) the “ghostwriting” conduct of the three nonsignatory attorneys did not violate Rule 11 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure; and (2) under the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct, an attorney shall not assist a pro se litigant with the preparation of pleadings, motions, or other written submission unless the attorney signs the document and discloses on the document his or her identity.
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