Notice of Appeal Signed by Non-Attorney Corporate Officer Invalid
Arkansas corporations cannot represent themselves pro se, as Smithco Investments of West Memphis, Inc., et al. v. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.., reaffirms in the context of dismissing an appeal.
Smithco Investments filed a notice of appeal within the 30-day limit, but "the notice of appeal was not signed by an attorney, but rather it was signed by Smithco’s CEO . . . ."The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the notice was a nullity; this effectively waived the appeal because the 30-day limit had long since passed.
