California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 4 — Attorneys, Article 9.5 — Legal Advertising, Section 6158.7
A violation of Section 6157.1, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 6157.2, or Section 6157.3, 6158, 6158.1, or 6158.3 by a licensee shall be cause for discipline by the State Bar. In addition to the existing grounds for initiating a disciplinary proceeding set forth in a statute or in the Rules of Professional Conduct, the State Bar may commence an investigation based upon a complaint filed by a person pursuant to Section 6158.4. The State Bar’s decision pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6158.4 shall be admissible, but shall not be determinative, in any disciplinary proceeding brought as a result of that complaint.
Notes
Establishes specified lawyer-advertising violations by a State Bar licensee as grounds for discipline. Allows the State Bar to investigate based on a complaint filed under the referenced procedure, and makes the State Bar’s resulting decision admissible but not determinative in any disciplinary proceeding arising from that complaint.
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