Did you know it’s actually illegal to pose as a lawyer when you’re not, or give legal advice when you’re not really qualified to?

Not too long ago, my husband had an incident happen at work that reminded me of this.  One of the employees he manages, who is diabetic, had a hypoglycemic episode — that is, her blood sugar crashed.  Since her sister worked for the company, they notified her, but they also called the paramedics because the woman was almost non-responsive.

Well, her sister showed up and stuck around while the paramedics got her blood sugar back up.  Then they wanted to take her to the hospital, but she didn’t want to go.  So her sister got all self-important and said, “I’m her lawyer and she doesn’t have to go if she doesn’t want to.”

The paramedics finally gave in, but it was actually a complete lie — she had studied law but had never completed her  degree nor passed the bar exam, so she was not a lawyer at all.  It was dangerous to claim she was a lawyer when she was not, because if the paramedics had called her bluff she could have been in serious trouble with the law for falsely representing herself.

This is something to remember before sending a fake letter posing as a lawyer in order to threaten someone with legal action or anything else.  You could get into serious trouble for doing so.  It is much better to get a real criminal defense attorney in Clearwater than to try to B.S. your way out of a situation.  A good St. Petersburg criminal lawyer is easy to find and can help get you out of trouble, whereas trying to pretend you’re a lawyer when you’re not would just make a bigger mess of things.

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