Sections
14 entriesSection 6125Prohibits any person from practicing law in California unless that person is an active licensee of the State Bar. The provision states…Section 6126Prohibits unauthorized practice or advertising of law and sets a first-offense misdemeanor penalty of up to one year in county jail, a…Section 6126.3Allows the State Bar or superior court to seek court jurisdiction over an unauthorized law practice when client or interested-person interests may…Section 6126.4Extends the specified statutory provision to an immigration consultant acting under the referenced chapter who advertises or represents that the consultant practices…Section 6126.5Requires courts in public enforcement actions over unauthorized legal services to award relief for affected purchasers, considering actual damages, restitution, related penalties…Section 6126.7Prohibits a nonattorney from literally translating words or titles in documents in a way that implies attorney status, expressly including Spanish translations…Section 6127Defines as contempt of court both acting without authority as a court officer or attorney and, without active State Bar licensure, advertising…Section 6127.5Exempts the acts and practices of a duly certificated law corporation from the specified unauthorized-practice and contempt provisions when the corporation complies…Section 6128Establishes a misdemeanor when an attorney intentionally deceives or colludes to deceive a court or party, willfully delays a client’s suit for…Section 6129Prohibits an attorney from directly or indirectly buying, or having an interest in buying, evidence of debt or a thing in action…Section 6130Prohibits a former attorney, while a disbarment or suspension judgment remains in force, from appearing on the former attorney’s own behalf as…Section 6131Prohibits an attorney from assisting the defense of a matter prosecuted by a public prosecutor with whom the attorney is connected as…Section 6132Requires any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association whose business name contains the name of an attorney who is disbarred or resigns…Section 6133Prohibits an attorney, law firm, partnership, corporation, or association employing an attorney who resigned, is actually suspended, or is disbarred from allowing…