A law corporation is a corporation which is registered with the State Bar of California and has a currently effective certificate of registration from the State Bar pursuant to the Professional Corporation Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, and this article. Subject to all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, such law corporation is entitled to practice law. With respect to a law corporation the governmental agency referred to in the Professional Corporation Act is the State Bar.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6160
Law Corporations
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 98 Cal. App. 4th 1388 - Gafcon, Inc. v. Ponsor & Associates (2002)
Most recently applied in 178 Cal. App. 4th 44 - Gorman v. Tassajara Development Corp. (October 2009)
Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1375.
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