Midas Parent Company GC Gets Stayed Suspension for Unauthorized Practice
A general counsel who failed to complete his continuing education requirements, leading to his suspension from law practice in Ohio, has received a two-year stayed suspension because of his legal work for his Florida corporation, according to the ABA Journal.
Brian Allan Maciak is general counsel for TBC Corp., the parent company for Midas and National Tire & Battery Auto Centers.
Reporter Debra Cassens Weiss explains: “A hearing panel of the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct determined that Maciak engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in Florida beginning in 2009, when he first started work in the legal department of a TBC company. He was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of TBC Corp. in 2012. Florida requires a general counsel to be a member of the Florida Bar or to be certified as an ‘authorized house counsel,’ but Maciak didn’t obtain certification until 2015.”
