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by DanBC 5137 days ago
Is she a lawyer? She claims to be a lawyer. In the UK it is not legal to claim to be a solicitor if you are not one. Isn't it the same in the US?
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It is very much illegal to impersonate a lawyer. Being a member of the bar means state regulation, and it is very much an institution.
But on the other hand, that's likely only ever applied in instances where a person offersactual legal services to others without being admitted to the bar.

Having worked service jobs in the past, I know that the population of the area where I worked was at least 70% lawyers, judging by the number of people who'd threaten to sue me/the business/the owners/unrelated parties when they didn't get what they wanted.

Maybe I'm misreading it but I can't find her claiming she's a lawyer.

I've found the bit claiming she's the President of an organization called 'Attorneys for Special Needs Children' and in her G+ page she says 'I studied in South Texas College of Law' but she isn't claiming she's finished the studies or that she has got any title, certification, or the bar card.

Weakly here:

> a partially disabled atty

and weakly here:

> You cost me thousands in billable time

But then directly here: (http://chicksandpolitics.com/nauseatingsagagarciaboohoo/)

> Attorney & CEO of Schwager Consulting & Marketing;

Also here:

(http://www.whenigrowupi.com/)

> though I still practice law via the Schwager Law Firm. My law practice thrives

Claims several times to be the grand-daughter of Henrik Ibsen. I have no reason to disbelieve this. But it's mildly interesting.

(http://houstonattorneysocialmedia.com/)

If I was going to go all Internet detective I'd ask the Mormons[1] for genealogy advice. And then I'd carefully check each of these logos:

(http://houstonattorneysocialmedia.com/logo-design-is-the-fou...)

I don't particularly want to pile on (perhaps a bit late) but, while I know nothing about design, I can say that I dislike those logo examples. I also dislike the copy-writing. (Removing the many errors wouldn't help.)

[1] For anyone who isn't aware, the church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (or whatever they're called) have extensive genealogical databases. They're friendly and welcoming to people who'd like to research family trees. At least, when my pa did that in London they made no attempt to convert me and provided him with help using their systems and computers.

> For anyone who isn't aware, the church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (or whatever they're called) have extensive genealogical databases. They're friendly and welcoming to people who'd like to research family trees. At least, when my pa did that in London they made no attempt to convert me and provided him with help using their systems and computers.

Yeah, they really are interested in genealogy for its own sake, not as a recruiting tool. They just want people to do their genealogy and contribute it to the database so it can be used by others. They don't want to scare people away from doing that by using it as a sales tactic. It's part of their general ideology that stresses the importance of family.

Claims several times to be the grand-daughter of Henrik Ibsen. I have no reason to disbelieve this. But it's mildly interesting.

I also found that interesting, but being that his two great-grand kids are male, I highly doubt she's a descendant.

No results searching "Candice Schwager" at the Texas Bar:

http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawye...

She goes by a different name: "Candice Lee Leonard"
Interesting. Her LinkedIn page was under Candice Schwager.