California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 4 — Attorneys, Article 5 — Disciplinary Authority of the Board of Governors, Section 6077
The rules of professional conduct adopted by the board, when approved by the Supreme Court, are binding upon all licensees of the State Bar.
For a willful breach of any of these rules, the State Bar Court has power to discipline attorneys by reproval, public or private, or to recommend to the Supreme Court the suspension from practice for a period not exceeding three years of licensees of the State Bar.
Notes
Requires Supreme Court-approved State Bar professional-conduct rules to bind all State Bar licensees. For a willful breach, the State Bar Court may impose public or private reproval or recommend that the Supreme Court suspend the licensee from practice for no more than three years.
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