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Michael Fertik: Practicing Law Without a License?
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:13 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker Date: April 5th, 2007 7:14 PM Author: MoreDoughHi
ask him why he isn't a member of any state bar yet threatens possible legal action on behalf of a 3rd party (his client) which is against the law.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608340&forum_id=2#7880463 )
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:13 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker Maybe we need to file a complaint. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881210) |
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Date: April 14th, 2007 12:29 PM Author: soggy sable tanning salon worth a try (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7930246) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:14 PM Author: galvanic sneaky criminal I really wonder where the line is drawn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881214) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:44 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker In general, "the practice of law is not limited to conducting litigation. It also includes giving legal advice and counsel, rendering a service that requires the use of legal knowledge or skill, and preparing instruments and contracts by which legal rights are secured, whether or not the matter is pending in a court." AMJUR ATTNYS § 118.
In Kentucky: SCR 3.020 Practice of law defined / The practice of law is any service rendered involving legal knowledge or legal advice, whether of representation, counsel or advocacy in or out of court, rendered in respect to the rights, duties, obligations, liabilities, or business relations of one requiring the services. But nothing herein shall prevent any natural person not holding himself out as a practicing attorney from drawing any instrument to which he is a party without consideration unto himself therefor. An appearance in the small claims division of the district court by a person who is an officer of or who is regularly employed in a managerial capacity by a corporation or partnership which is a party to the litigation in which the appearance is made shall not be considered as unauthorized practice of law. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:47 PM Author: galvanic sneaky criminal Might really have ethics violations on his hands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881438) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:51 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office I'm not up to speed on all of Fertik's activities. What are you suggesting he'd done? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881459) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:53 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker They write demand letters in cutesy language. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881473) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 9:54 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office could you link to one? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881479) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:00 PM Author: Maize jew ask GTO or rach to fwd you one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881514) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:04 PM Author: galvanic sneaky criminal Oh, no, we can't do that. Because they NEVER ACTUALLY SENT US anything like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881530) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:06 PM Author: flesh boltzmann so bigtard is a liar? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881539) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:07 PM Author: galvanic sneaky criminal No. They've sent their form letter to other sites. But they never even bothered sending it to us. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881545) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:16 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker ReputationDefender, Inc. 2023 Cherokee Parkway Suite #18 Louisville, KY 40204 January 10, 2007
Dear Mr. Popken,
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http://consumerist.com/consumer/evil/ronnie-segev--reputationdefender-can-eat-a-dick-227969.php |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:19 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office seems to be meticulously non-legal in every way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881610) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:22 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker But what happens *after* the letter? They claim to have a "destroy" process.
What are the possibilities for "destroying" information about a person?
(1) Persuasion. Get the site to remove it. That's the form letter.
(2) Hack. Break in and remove it yourself. That's illegal.
(3) Demand letter. That's practicing law.
(4) Bribe. Pay the site to remove it. That's expensive.
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:24 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office i dunno what all that's about. but my guess is, fertik and company are pretty careful not to practice law without a license. they know better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881644) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:29 PM Author: galvanic sneaky criminal I got a cease and desist letter on Heide and Brittan's behalf from some San Francisco 3rd year associate.
Fertik has also claimed in interviews that he is seeking legal counsel for the girls and picking up the costs. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:32 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker Sounds like Reputation Defender sends out cheesey form letters and then acts as a legal referral service. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:33 PM Author: Maize jew what u wanna bet the Keker & Van Ness charges aren't included in the $30 "search & destroy" fee?
LOL |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:34 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office i see. it's not fertik (or RD) writing the cease and desist letters. i'm sure she's a smart guy and wary of accidentally "practicing." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881701) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 11:26 PM Author: hideous avocado garrison You'd think so. But he hasn't been. He's sending cease-and-desist letters, threatening legal action on behalf of third parties, talking about his law degree and noting it prominently on his promotional website.
His website even says that most of the things they to do destroy content are non-legal; implying that some legal services are provided. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:27 PM Author: Maize jew they sent me a letter like that.
weird that they didnt send you guys one.
mine was related to the t14 contest. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:03 PM Author: flesh boltzmann "What are you suggesting he'd done?"
is this correct grammatically? |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:04 PM Author: khaki pea-brained office pwn3d (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881529) |
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Date: April 24th, 2007 12:54 PM Author: startling vermilion casino pwn3d
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=331077 http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=617425&mc=12&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=591664&mc=9&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&mc=54&forum_id=2 http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=d3275a68320df53fb45fe1e232cb3b53 http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&mc=55&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=617176&mc=12&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=1&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=15&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=12&forum_id=2 http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=617793&mc=34&forum_id=2 |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:10 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker "we focus on content that is slanderous, private, defamatory, invasive, and/or outdated." http://www.reputationdefender.com/FAQ.php#12 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881559) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:26 PM Author: Lake appetizing dingle berry Does ReputationDefender simply send cease-and-desist letters or sue everybody when it seeks to "Destroy" content?
No. Most of our approaches to effecting correction or removal of content are non-legal. We will only pursue legal options with the express consent of our clients, and these techniques are strictly optional and usually the last resort. They may incur additional cost.
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Seems to imply that RD provides both legal and non-legal services. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:30 PM Author: Wine bull headed candlestick maker Clearly cease-and-desist letters are legal. But what are these other supposedly non-legal techniques? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881677) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 11:22 PM Author: hideous avocado garrison this is ridiculous. this is not even near the line. I dont know about you guys, but my state bar association fucking shits a brick if you even put JD on your business card if you aren't admitted.
he has gone WAY over the line here. We need to file a complaint. |
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Date: April 24th, 2007 1:06 PM Author: Flushed field "Clearly cease-and-desist letters are legal."
I don't think that's true. Just asking someone to stop doing something isn't necessarily providing legal services if, as apparently they do, you refrain from stating legal opinions in the letters. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:14 PM Author: Bateful Crawly Fortuitous Meteor There was a sample letter kicking around at one point... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881583) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:26 PM Author: Maize jew i have one linked on my webpage
http://onlinereputation.googlepages.com/consumerprotection
click around there---you'll find it. |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:36 PM Author: Adventurous Meetinghouse sup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881711) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:38 PM Author: Maize jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881720) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:41 PM Author: Adventurous Meetinghouse umm, i can think of one particularly easy way... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881741) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:44 PM Author: Maize jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881758) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:36 PM Author: nudist cheese-eating athletic conference if you check the christian science monitor archives, there is a pic of him in a story. hairstyle is so 15 years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881712) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:40 PM Author: nudist cheese-eating athletic conference here's the link: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1129/p13s01-stct.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881731) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:46 PM Author: Maize jew here is how reputation defender "scours" the web.... are you ready???
www.google.com --> type in your name ---> print out results
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Date: April 24th, 2007 3:47 PM Author: soggy sable tanning salon srsly! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7993861) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:48 PM Author: motley rehab kitty cat WTF, that's nothing
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162007/photos/ent043a.jpg |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:49 PM Author: nudist cheese-eating athletic conference he's a flamer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881786) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 10:58 PM Author: motley rehab kitty cat check out his cufflinks. He must be ballin from inventing Fertik's law or have ballin parents. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881839) |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 11:03 PM Author: nudist cheese-eating athletic conference on this board fertik is a synonym for asshole or cocksucker. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7881878) |
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Date: April 14th, 2007 12:42 PM Author: soggy sable tanning salon or gunner tool
http://www.myspace.com/reputationdefender |
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Date: April 5th, 2007 11:19 PM Author: hideous avocado garrison He has repeatedly threatened legal action on behalf of a third party. And he has persistently implied that he is a lawyer. The prominence he gives his Harvard Law degree in interviews and his promise to 'destroy' content on the internet would lead an ordinary person to assume that he was legal counsel for his clients.
When this story first broke a bunch of posters were even confused as to whether or not he was a lawyer, because he was threatening law suits and talking about his harvard law degree in interviews. |
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Date: April 14th, 2007 1:29 PM Author: Passionate piazza chad Did he fail the bar or just not take it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#7930541) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2007 3:45 PM Author: amber lascivious halford stead Update:
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=651960&mc=21&forum_id=2 |
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Date: February 6th, 2008 12:12 AM Author: curious orange community account gas station this is #7 when you google "michael fertik". not very impressive at all. Maybe Reputation Defender has won? I will keep watching, but am starting to think that Fertik might be good at this! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#9278576) |
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Date: February 6th, 2008 12:16 AM Author: Arousing navy juggernaut church building Keep the faith! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#9278594) |
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Date: February 6th, 2008 12:20 AM Author: Arousing navy juggernaut church building Michael Fertik: Practicing law without a buttoned shirt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#9278618) |
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Date: February 6th, 2008 12:22 AM Author: curious orange community account gas station maybe he's just a naval gazer? how could he gaze with all those pesky buttons done up?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7217515719920766636&hl=en |
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Date: April 7th, 2008 3:25 PM Author: chartreuse sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=608398&forum_id=2#9591432) |