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, any attorney.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6100
Disciplinary Authority of the Courts
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Keller v. State Bar of California (1990)
Most recently applied in 7 Cal. 5th 798 - Quigley v. Garden Valley Fire Protection Dist. (July 2019)
Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 453, Sec. 14.
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