context: We are convinced that self-proclaimed "professionals" offering financial planning services, like Barrett and Papetti, are not the "learned professionals" identified by the court in Neveroski who are beyond the reach of the CFA. Although competing voluntary associations issue designations to those who seek to be called "financial planners," no governmental board or agency regulates or sets uniform minimum education or training criteria.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: professional or semi-professional suggests person is subject to testing, licensing and comprehensive regulation by relevant regulatory bodies
citation_a.sentence: See Plemmons, supra, 387 N. J.Super. at 564, 904 A.2d 825 (professional or semi-professional suggests person is subject to testing, licensing and comprehensive regulation by relevant regulatory bodies); see also, Quigley v. Esquire Deposition Serv., 400 N.J.Super. 494, 507, 948 A.2d 665 (App.Div.2008) (federal depositions shorthand reporting services are not semi-professional because services are not subject to regulation under the state statute and regulations governing shorthand reporting).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 400 N.J.Super. 494, 507
citation_b.parenthetical: federal depositions shorthand reporting services are not semi-professional because services are not subject to regulation under the state statute and regulations governing shorthand reporting
citation_b.sentence: See Plemmons, supra, 387 N. J.Super. at 564, 904 A.2d 825 (professional or semi-professional suggests person is subject to testing, licensing and comprehensive regulation by relevant regulatory bodies); see also, Quigley v. Esquire Deposition Serv., 400 N.J.Super. 494, 507, 948 A.2d 665 (App.Div.2008) (federal depositions shorthand reporting services are not semi-professional because services are not subject to regulation under the state statute and regulations governing shorthand reporting).