Ohio Gov. Bar. R. 5

As amended through October 29, 2024
Section 5 - Scope of Practice

A person registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant by the Supreme Court may render legal services in this state subject to the limitation that such person shall not do any of the following:

(A) Appear for a person other than himself or herself as attorney in any court, before any magistrate, referee, or other judicial officer, or before any administrative agency in this state, or prepare pleadings or any other papers or issue subpoenas in any action or proceeding brought in any such court, before any such magistrate, referee, or other judicial officer, or before any such administrative agency in this state;
(B) Prepare any of the following:
(1) Any deed, mortgage, assignment, discharge, lease, or any other instrument affecting title to real property, or statement of opinion as to the legal effect or sufficiency thereof, located in the United States;
(2) Any will or trust instrument affecting the disposition on death of any property located in the United States or owned by a resident thereof;
(3) Any instrument relating to the administration of a decedent's estate in the United States; or
(4) Any instrument with respect to marital rights, relations, or duties of a resident of the United States, or the custody or care of the children of such a resident;
(C) Otherwise render professional legal advice to or perform legal service for any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity on the law of the State of Ohio, or the United States of America, or any other state or territory thereof, including the District of Columbia, except on the basis of advice from a person acting as counsel to such Foreign Legal Consultant (and not in his or her official capacity as a public employee) duly qualified and entitled (other than by virtue of having been licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant under this Rule) to practice law in such jurisdiction who has been consulted in the particular matter at hand and has been identified to the client by name;
(D) In any way hold himself or herself out as a member of the Bar of Ohio.

Ohio. Gov. Bar. R. 5