California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 5.5 - Miscellaneous Disciplinary Provisions

• Section 6090.
  As used in this article, “disciplinary agency” means the agency charged with the discipline of attorneys for professional misconduct.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 475, Sec.
• Section 6090.5.
  (a) It is cause for suspension, disbarment, or other discipline for any member, whether as a party or as an attorney for a party, to agree...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 6092.
  The disciplinary agency may engage the services of consultants and an unpaid volunteer peer review committee and undertake any other steps that may be appropriate...
• Section 6092.5.
  In addition to any other duties specified by law, the disciplinary agency shall do all of the following:(a) Promptly notify the complainant of the disposition of...
• Section 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...
• Section 6093.5.
  Upon request, the disciplinary agency shall notify a complainant of the status of his or her complaint and shall provide him or her with a...
• Section 6094.
  (a) Communications to the disciplinary agency relating to lawyer misconduct or disability or competence, or any communication related to an investigation or proceeding and testimony given...
• Section 6094.5.
  (a) It shall be the goal and policy of the disciplinary agency to dismiss a complaint, admonish the attorney, or forward a completed investigation to the...
• Section 6095.
  (a) The disciplinary agency shall annually hold at least two public hearings, one in southern California and one in northern California, to hear proposals on bar...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018