Rogers Townsend & Thomas, Pc, Petitioner/respondent v. Stephen H. Peck, Thomas Moore, and Community Management…

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court held that Community Management Group, LLC engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by representing homeowners’ associations in magistrate’s court, filing judgments in circuit court, preparing and recording lien documents, and advertising legal services, and it declined to issue a permanent injunction. The Court clarified that the term “agent” under the Unauthorized Practice of Law rules does not include non‑lawyer third‑party entities.