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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-19-55. Certain solicitation prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-19-55. Certain solicitation prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or voluntary association to solicit legal employment on behalf of any attorney, firm, corporation, or organization where the attorney, firm, corporation, or organization would not himself or itself be authorized to engage in such solicitation or legal employment. However, nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a person, association, or corporation lawfully engaged in the business of conducting a mercantile or collection agency or adjustment bureau from employing an attorney at law to give legal advice concerning, or to prosecute actions in court which relate to, the adjustment or collection of debts and accounts only.

## History

Ga. L. 1931, p. 191, § 1; Code 1933, § 9-405; Ga. L. 2023, p. 248, § 2-5/SB 74, effective May 1, 2023.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 248, § 2-1/SB 74, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) The First Amendment protects commercial speech unless it involves illegal conduct or is misleading or fraudulent;

“(2) Commercial speech that does no more than propose a commercial transaction through advertising or solicitation is entitled to First Amendment free speech protection, but only if it concerns lawful activity and is not misleading;

“(3) The state should take necessary actions to ensure that all Georgians have their constitutional rights protected and appropriately vindicated when violated;

“(4) The government has a substantial interest in protecting Georgians from false or misleading commercial practices relating to the handling of legal matters before the courts of this state and the courts of the United States;

“(5) These practices have been particularly damaging to Georgia’s older residents who may have become confused or misled by such treatment; and

“(6) A ban on commercial speech falsely claiming to handle legal matters before the courts of this state and the courts of the United States is necessary to directly advance the government’s interest in protecting Georgians from false or misleading business advertising and solicitations that offer to protect or vindicate constitutional rights of Georgians.”

Ga. L. 2023, p. 248, § 4-1(1)/SB 74, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(1) Part II of this Act shall:

“(A) Apply to contracts entered into on and after such effective date; and

“(B) Not apply to contracts entered into before such effective date; provided, however, that any contract in violation of the provisions of Part II of this Act entered into before such effective date shall be void after the initial period set forth in such contract and shall not be renewed or otherwise extended on terms in violation of Part II of this Act; and”. This Act became effective May 1, 2023.

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective May 1, 2023, added “or legal employment” at the end of the first sentence. See Editor’s notes for applicability.