Sections
30 entriesSection 6100Allows the California Supreme Court to disbar or suspend an attorney for any cause provided in the article that arises after admission…Section 6101Requires immediate prosecutorial notice to the State Bar when an attorney is charged with a felony or misdemeanor, court-clerk transmission of a…Section 6102Requires Supreme Court suspension after specified felony or moral-turpitude convictions until finality, subject to an interest-of-justice exception, and summary disbarment for final…Section 6103Establishes as grounds for attorney disbarment or suspension willful disobedience or violation of a court order requiring professional action or restraint that…Section 6103.5Requires a State Bar licensee promptly to communicate every written settlement offer from or for an opposing party to the client who…Section 6103.6Sets a violation of the specified Probate Code provisions as grounds for attorney discipline when the attorney knew or should have known…Section 6103.7Establishes grounds for State Bar suspension, disbarment, or other discipline when a licensee reports or threatens to report a civil or administrative…Section 6104Establishes corrupt or willful appearance as an attorney for a party, without authority, as cause for disbarment or suspension. The disciplinary ground…Section 6105Establishes lending an attorney’s name for use by another person who is not an attorney as cause for disbarment or suspension. The…Section 6106Sets any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption as a cause for disbarment or suspension whether committed in an attorney relationship…Section 6106.1Establishes advocating the overthrow of the United States Government or California government by force, violence, or other unconstitutional means as cause for…Section 6106.2Sets attorney conduct violating the specified Civil Code accessibility-related provisions as a cause for discipline under the chapter. The disciplinary rule became…Section 6106.3Sets attorney conduct violating the specified Civil Code mortgage-related provision as a cause for discipline under the chapter. The disciplinary rule became…Section 6106.4Exempts an attorney or applicant from California discipline, reporting, misconduct evidence, or admission denial based on an “excluded event” arising from another…Section 6106.5Establishes an attorney’s engagement in conduct prohibited under the referenced Insurance Code or Penal Code provisions as cause for disbarment or suspension.…Section 6106.6Requires the State Bar to investigate any licensee against whom an information or indictment has been filed alleging a violation of the…Section 6106.7Establishes attorney disciplinary grounds for violating the Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act, specified Labor Code athlete-agent provisions before January 1, 1997, or any…Section 6106.8Requires the State Bar, with Supreme Court approval, to adopt a professional-conduct rule governing attorney-client sexual relations, including specified probate and domestic-relations…Section 6106.9Prohibits attorneys, as a disciplinary matter, from conditioning legal services on sexual relations, coercing such relations, or continuing representation when the relations…Section 6107Allows attorney disbarment or suspension proceedings, on grounds other than a felony or misdemeanor conviction involving moral turpitude, to be initiated by…Section 6108Requires an accusation based on another person’s information to be written, state the matters charged, and be verified under oath that the…Section 6109Requires the court, after receiving an accusation, to order the accused to appear and answer at a specified time. A copy of…Section 6110Allows a court or judge to order service of an accusation citation by 30 days’ newspaper publication when affidavit evidence shows the…Section 6111Requires an accused attorney to appear at the time set in the order and answer the accusation, unless the court assigns another…Section 6112Allows the accused to answer an accusation either by objecting to its sufficiency or denying it. A sufficiency objection must be written…Section 6113Requires the accused to answer an accusation within the time designated by the court when an objection challenging the accusation’s sufficiency is…Section 6114Requires the court to proceed to a judgment of disbarment or suspension when the accused pleads guilty or refuses to answer an…Section 6115Allows the court, in its discretion, to refer a disciplinary matter to a committee for taking depositions. The provision gives the court…Section 6116Requires judgment disbarring an attorney or suspending the attorney for a limited time when the attorney is found guilty of charges in…Section 6117Prohibits an attorney from practicing law during a period of disbarment or suspension. Requires the attorney’s name to be removed from the…