Yes I am a licensed attorney. No I am not going to give you my registration number nor am I going to show you my bar card. I'm sure you will keep on libeling me... All my legal analysis has been correct however, you might ponder why that is so... Rick Moen and Adam Borowski: I am a licensed attorney. My legal analysis of the GRSecurity situation is correct. I am telling you to cease libeling me by spreading false rumors. You seem to think because it is your belief that I oppose you on some un-related social issue that it is just *impossible* for me to have passed an exam at some point. Others think it impossible, for a similar reason, for me to be a programmer, or a 3d video-game level architect, or a texture artist, or a pixel artist, hobby musician, etc etc. They are wrong, so are you. I am all these things. From programmer, to artist, to attorney.

(in response to:) Author: Rick Moen Date: 2017-07-29 19:43 UTC To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Software written by contractors and the 'work for hire' concept Quoting Adam Borowski (kilobyte@???):

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Isn't this illegal in the US?

A false statement that one is an attorney isn't (as far as I know).

Giving legal advice without being a licensed attorney in the applicable jurisdiction is, that being a violation of one's state Unauthorized[1] Practice of Law statute.

There's an important fine point, though, about what is and isn't giving legal advice. To be in violation, one must be performing acts reserved to attorneys in consultation with clients or prospective clients about their specific legal situations. (Discussing this matter further would veer too far off-topic, IMO, so I'm keeping it short. Please talk to me offlist if you wish.)

[1] I'd normally write 'unauthorised', but it's a proper noun. ;-> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/misc.html#english