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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.34
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.34
If the court finds that (a) the facts set forth in Section 6190 have occurred and, (b) that the interests of the client, or of an interested person or entity will be prejudiced if the proceeding provided herein is not maintained, the court shall order the applicant to mail a noti
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.4
The provisions of Article 11 (commencing with Section 6180) of Chapter 4 of Division 3 of this code shall apply to the proceeding, whenever possible.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.5
The proceeding may be maintained concurrently with a disciplinary investigation or proceeding provided for by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6190.6
Upon motion duly made by any interested party, the court may terminate the proceedings.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6200
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6200
(a) The board of trustees shall, by rule, establish, maintain, and administer a system and procedure for the arbitration, and may establish, maintain, and administer a system and procedure for mediation of disputes concerning fees, costs, or both, charged for professional service
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6201
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6201
(a) The rules adopted by the board of trustees shall provide that an attorney shall forward a written notice to the client prior to or at the time of service of summons or claim in an action against the client, or prior to or at the commencement of any other proceeding against th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6202
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6202
The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 950) of Chapter 4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code shall not prohibit the disclosure of any relevant communication, nor shall the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2018.010) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6203
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6203
(a) The award shall be in writing and signed by the arbitrators concurring therein. It shall include a determination of all the questions submitted to the arbitrators, the decision of which is necessary in order to determine the controversy. The award shall not include any award
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6204
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6204
(a) The parties may agree in writing to be bound by the award of arbitrators appointed pursuant to this article at any time after the dispute over fees, costs, or both, has arisen. In the absence of such an agreement, either party shall be entitled to a trial after arbitration if
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6204.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6204.5
(a) The State Bar shall provide by rule for an appropriate procedure to disqualify an arbitrator or mediator upon request of either party. (b) The State Bar, or the local bar association delegated by the State Bar to conduct the arbitration, shall deliver a notice to the parties
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6206
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6206
The time for filing a civil action seeking judicial resolution of a dispute subject to arbitration under this article shall be tolled from the time an arbitration is initiated in accordance with the rules adopted by the board of trustees until (a) 30 days after receipt of notice
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6210
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6210
The Legislature finds that, due to insufficient funding, existing programs providing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons, especially underserved client groups, such as the elderly, the disabled, juveniles, and non-English-speaking persons, do not adequately m
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6210.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6210.5
(a) There shall be created, within the State Bar, a Legal Services Trust Fund Commission to administer IOLTA accounts, Equal Access Funds, or similar funds or grant moneys intended for the support of qualified legal services projects and qualified support centers, as those terms
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6211
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6211
(a) An attorney or law firm that, in the course of the practice of law, receives or disburses trust funds shall establish and maintain an IOLTA account in which the attorney or law firm shall deposit or invest all client deposits or funds that are nominal in amount or are on depo
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6212
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6212
An attorney who, or a law firm that, establishes an IOLTA account pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6211 shall comply with all of the following provisions: (a) The IOLTA account shall be established and maintained with an eligible institution offering or making available an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6213
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6213
As used in this article: (a) “Qualified legal services project” means either of the following: (1) A nonprofit project incorporated and operated exclusively in California that provides as its primary purpose and function civil legal services without charge to indigent persons and
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6214
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6214
(a) Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are funded either in whole or part by the Legal Services Corporation or with Older Americans Act funds shall be presumed qualified legal services projects for the purpose of this article. (b) Projects
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6214.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6214.5
A law school program that meets the definition of a “qualified legal services project” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 6213, and that applied to the State Bar for funding under this article not later than February 17, 1984, shall be deemed eligible for a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6215
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6215
(a) Support centers satisfying the qualifications specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6213 which were operating an office and providing services in California on December 31, 1980, shall be presumed to be qualified support centers for the purposes of this article. (b) Support
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6216
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6216
The State Bar shall distribute all moneys received under the program established by this article for the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons. The funds first shall be distributed 18 months from the effective date of this article, or upon such a date, as shall be
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6217
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6217
With respect to the provision of legal assistance under this article, each recipient shall ensure all of the following: (a) The maintenance of quality service and professional standards. (b) The expenditure of funds received in accordance with the provisions of this article. (c)
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6218
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6218
All legal services projects and support centers receiving funds pursuant to this article shall adopt financial eligibility guidelines for indigent persons. (a) Qualified legal services programs shall ensure that funds appropriated pursuant to this article shall be used solely to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6219
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6219
Qualified legal services projects and support centers may use funds provided under this article for the following: (a) To provide work opportunities with pay, and where feasible, scholarships for disadvantaged law students to help defray their law school expenses. (b) To provide
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6220
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6220
Attorneys in private practice who are providing legal services without charge to indigent persons shall not be disqualified from receiving the services of the qualified support centers.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6221
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6221
Qualified legal services projects shall make significant efforts to utilize 20 percent of the funds allocated under this article for increasing the availability of services to the elderly, the disabled, juveniles, or other indigent persons who are members of disadvantaged and und