Rule 10 Appearance on behalf of corporations

If a corporation is involved in a case in magistrate court, it doesn't always need a lawyer to show up on its behalf. A licensed attorney can represent the corporation, but so can one of its own officers or employees.

There's one catch. If the corporation hires someone whose only job is to handle its legal matters, that person has to be a full-time employee of the company. In other words, a business can't get around hiring an attorney by bringing in an outside person just to represent it in court cases while treating them as a part-time or contract worker.