Rule 7 Prosecution or Defense by Attorneys

No attorney at law, legal practitioner, or other person that the plaintiff and the defendant shall take any part in the filing or the prosecution or defense of litigation in small claims court, unless the attorney or legal practitioner is appearing to prosecute or defend an action by or against himself, or by or against a partnership in which he is a general partner and in which all the partners are attorneys or legal practitioners, or by or against a professional corporation of which he is an officer or director and of which all other officers and directors are attorneys at law or legal practitioners. Nothing herein shall prevent an attorney or legal practitioner from rendering advice to a party to such litigation, either before or after the commencement of such an action, nor shall anything herein prevent an attorney or legal practitioner from testifying to facts of which he has personal knowledge and about which he is competent to testify.