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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6086.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6086.7
(a) A court shall notify the State Bar of any of the following: (1) A final order of contempt imposed against an attorney that may involve grounds warranting discipline under this chapter. The court entering the final order shall transmit to the State Bar a copy of the relevant m
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6086.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6086.8
(a) Within 20 days after a judgment by a court of this state that a licensee of the State Bar of California is liable for any damages resulting in a judgment against the attorney in any civil action for fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, or gross negligence commi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6087
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6087
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or altering the powers of the Supreme Court of this State to disbar or discipline licensees of the bar as this power existed prior to the enactment of Chapter 34 of the Statutes of 1927, relating to the State Bar of Californi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6088
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6088
The board may provide by rule that alleged facts in a proceeding are admitted upon failure to answer, failure to appear at formal hearing, or failure to deny matters specified in a request for admissions; the party in whose favor the facts are admitted shall not be required to ot
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.5
(a) It is cause for suspension, disbarment, or other discipline for any licensee, whether acting on their own behalf or on behalf of someone else, whether or not in the context of litigation to solicit, agree, or seek agreement, that: (1) Misconduct or the terms of a settlement o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.6
In a disciplinary proceeding, the State Bar shall have access, on an ex parte basis, to all nonpublic court records relevant to the competence or performance of its licensees, provided that these records shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed pursuant to any state l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6090.8
(a) (1) A licensee of the State Bar who knows that another licensee has conspired to engage in or has engaged in any of the following shall inform the State Bar: (A) Seditious conspiracy as prohibited under Section 2384 of Title 18 of the United States Code. (B) Treason as prohib
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091
If a client files a complaint with the State Bar alleging that his or her trust fund is being mishandled, the State Bar shall investigate and may require an audit if it determines that circumstances warrant. At the client’s written request, the attorney shall furnish the client w
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.1
(a) The Legislature finds that overdrafts and misappropriations from attorney trust accounts are serious problems, and determines that it is in the public interest to ensure prompt detection and investigation of instances involving overdrafts and misappropriations from attorney t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.2
As used in Section 6091.1: (a) “Financial institution” means a bank, savings and loan, or other financial institution serving as a depository for attorney trust accounts under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 6211. (b) “Properly payable” means an instrument that, if presented in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.3
(a) Commencing January 1, 2026, upon the establishment of a new client trust account associated with an attorney licensed to practice in California, the financial institution shall collect and retain within its books and records an attorney’s State Bar license number where the nu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6091.4
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 6068, Article 3 (commencing with Section 950) of Chapter 4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code, the Attorney Work Product doctrine as restated in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2018.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil P
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6092
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6092
The State Bar may engage the services of consultants and an unpaid volunteer peer review committee and undertake any other steps that may be appropriate for devising methods for determining and improving attorney competence.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6092.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6092.5
In addition to any other duties specified by law, the State Bar shall do all of the following: (a) Promptly notify the complainant of the disposition of each matter. (b) Notify all of the following of a lawyer’s involuntary enrollment as an inactive licensee and termination of th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6093
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6093
(a) Whenever probation is imposed by the State Bar Court or the Office of Trial Counsel with the agreement of the respondent, any conditions may be imposed which will reasonably serve the purposes of the probation. (b) Violation of a condition of probation constitutes cause for r
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6093.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6093.5
Upon request, the State Bar shall notify a complainant of the status of his or her complaint and shall provide him or her with a written summary of any response by the attorney to his or her complaint if the response was the basis for dismissal of the complaint. A complainant sha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6094
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6094
(a) Communications to the State Bar relating to lawyer misconduct or disability or competence, or any communication related to an investigation or proceeding and testimony given in the proceeding are privileged, and no lawsuit predicated thereon may be instituted against any pers
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6094.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6094.5
(a) It is the goal and policy of the State Bar to ensure that matters are handled competently, accurately, and timely. Until processing goals are established pursuant to subdivision (b) and codified in statute, the goal and policy of the State Bar is to dismiss a complaint, admon
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6095
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6095
(a) The State Bar shall annually hold at least two public hearings, one in southern California and one in northern California, to hear proposals on bar disciplinary procedures, attorney competency, and admissions procedures. (b) To the extent the information is known to the State
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6095.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6095.1
(a) Beginning on April 1, 2000, and through March 31, 2001, the State Bar shall compile statistics indicating the number of complaints against attorneys, broken down to reflect the percentage of complaints brought against attorneys practicing as solo practitioners, in small law f
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6100
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6100
For any of the causes provided in this article, arising after an attorney’s admission to practice, he or she may be disbarred or suspended by the Supreme Court. Nothing in this article limits the inherent power of the Supreme Court to discipline, including to summarily disbar, an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6101
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6101
(a) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, involving moral turpitude, constitutes a cause for disbarment or suspension. In any proceeding, whether under this article or otherwise, to disbar or suspend an attorney on account of that conviction, the record of conviction shall be co
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6102
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6102
(a) Upon the receipt of the certified copy of the record of conviction, if it appears therefrom that the crime of which the attorney was convicted involved, or that there is probable cause to believe that it involved, moral turpitude or is a felony under the laws of California, t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6103
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6103
A wilful disobedience or violation of an order of the court requiring him to do or forbear an act connected with or in the course of his profession, which he ought in good faith to do or forbear, and any violation of the oath taken by him, or of his duties as such attorney, const
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6103.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6103.5
(a) A licensee of the State Bar shall promptly communicate to the licensee’s client all amounts, terms, and conditions of any written offer of settlement made by or on behalf of an opposing party. As used in this section, “client” includes any person employing the licensee of the