ARTICLE 5. Disciplinary Authority of the Board of Governors

Article 5 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.

§§ 6075–6088 · 31 sections

§ 6075 In their relation to the provisions of Article 6, concerning the disciplinary authority of the courts, the provisions of this article provide a complete…
§ 6076 With the approval of the Supreme Court, the Board of Trustees may formulate and enforce rules of professional conduct for all licensees of the State Bar.
§ 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…
§ 6077.5 An attorney and his or her employees who are employed primarily to assist in the collection of a consumer debt owed to another, as defined by Section 1788.2 of…
§ 6078 After a hearing for any of the causes set forth in the laws of the State of California warranting disbarment, suspension, or other discipline, the State Bar…
§ 6079.1 (a) The Supreme Court shall appoint a presiding judge of the State Bar Court. In addition, five hearing judges shall be appointed, two by the Supreme Court,…
§ 6079.4 The exercise by an attorney of his or her privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United Sates, or of any other constitutional or…
§ 6079.5 (a) The board shall appoint a lawyer admitted to practice in California to serve as chief trial counsel. He or she shall be appointed for a term of four years…
§ 6080 The State Bar Court shall keep a record of all State Bar Court disciplinary proceedings. In all disciplinary proceedings resulting in a recommendation to the…
§ 6081 Upon the making of any decision recommending the disbarment or suspension from practice of any licensee of the State Bar, the State Bar Court shall immediately…
§ 6081.1 Nothing in Sections 6080 and 6081 shall require the State Bar Court to transcribe oral testimony unless ordered by the Supreme Court or requested by a party at…
§ 6082 Any person complained against and any person whose reinstatement the State Bar Court may refuse to recommend may have the action of the State Bar Court…
§ 6083 (a) A petition to review or to reverse or modify any decision recommending the disbarment or suspension from practice of a licensee of the State Bar may be…
§ 6084 (a) When no petition to review or to reverse or modify has been filed by either party within the time allowed therefor, or the petition has been denied, the…
§ 6085 Any person complained against shall be given fair, adequate, and reasonable notice and have a fair, adequate, and reasonable opportunity and right: (a) To…
§ 6085.5 There are three kinds of pleas to the allegations of a notice of disciplinary charges or other pleading which initiates a disciplinary proceeding against a…
§ 6086 The board of trustees, subject to the provisions of this chapter, may by rule provide the mode of procedure in all cases of complaints against licensees.
§ 6086.1 (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), and except as otherwise provided by law, hearings and records of original disciplinary proceedings in the State Bar Court…
§ 6086.2 All State Bar records pertaining to admissions, licensing, and the administration of the program authorized by Article 14 of this chapter shall be available to…
§ 6086.20 (a) Commencing January 1, 2025, the Chief Trial Counsel shall not issue private reprovals to any attorney accused of misconduct. (b) On or before April 1,…
§ 6086.5 (a) The board of trustees shall establish a State Bar Court, to act in its place and stead in the determination of disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings…
§ 6086.65 (a) There is a Review Department of the State Bar Court, that consists of the Presiding Judge of the State Bar Court and two Review Department judges appointed…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 6086.10 (a) Any order imposing a public reproval on a licensee of the State Bar shall include a direction that the licensee shall pay costs. In any order imposing…
§ 6086.13 (a) Any order of the Supreme Court imposing suspension or disbarment of a licensee of the State Bar, or accepting a resignation with a disciplinary matter…
§ 6086.14 (a) The Board of Trustees of the State Bar is authorized to formulate and adopt rules and regulations necessary to establish an alternative dispute resolution…
§ 6086.15 (a) The State Bar shall issue an Annual Discipline Report by November 30 of each year describing the performance and condition of the State Bar discipline…
§ 6086.16 The State Bar shall report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary by January 1, 2005, on the status of its regulatory and disciplinary efforts…
§ 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…
§ 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…