California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 7 - Unlawful Practice of Law

• Section 6125.
  No person shall practice law in California unless the person is an active member of the State Bar.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1639, Sec. 8.)
• Section 6126.
  (a) Any person advertising or holding himself or herself out as practicing or entitled to practice law or otherwise practicing law who is not an active...
• Section 6126.3.
  (a) In addition to any criminal penalties pursuant to Section 6126 or to any contempt proceedings pursuant to Section 6127, the courts of the state shall...
• Section 6126.4.
  Section 6126.3 shall apply to a person acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant pursuant to Chapter 19.5 (commencing with Section 22440) who advertises...
• Section 6126.5.
  (a) In addition to any remedies and penalties available in any enforcement action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by...
• Section 6126.7.
  (a) It is a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6126 for any person who is not an attorney to literally translate from English into another...
• Section 6127.
  The following acts or omissions in respect to the practice of law are contempts of the authority of the courts:(a) Assuming to be an officer or...
• Section 6127.5.
  Nothing in Sections 6125, 6126 and 6127 shall be deemed to apply to the acts and practices of a law corporation duly certificated pursuant to...
• Section 6128.
  Every attorney is guilty of a misdemeanor who either:(a) Is guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or collusion, with intent to...
• Section 6129.
  Every attorney who, either directly or indirectly, buys or is interested in buying any evidence of debt or thing in action, with intent to bring...
• Section 6130.
  No person, who has been an attorney, shall while a judgment of disbarment or suspension is in force appear on his own behalf as plaintiff...
• Section 6131.
  Every attorney is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, shall be disbarred:(a) Who directly or indirectly advises in relation to,...
• Section 6132.
  Any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association which contains the name of an attorney who is disbarred, or who resigned with charges pending, in its...
• Section 6133.
  Any attorney or any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association employing an attorney who has resigned, or who is under actual suspension from the practice...

Last modified: October 22, 2018