California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §6106: The commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption, whether the act is committed in the course of his relations as an attorney or otherwise, and whether the act is a felony

Civil

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An attorney may be disbarred or suspended for acts involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption, regardless of whether those acts are crimes. Criminal conviction is not required for disbarment.

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The commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption, whether the act is committed in the course of his relations as an attorney or otherwise, and whether the act is a felony or misdemeanor or not, constitutes a cause for disbarment or suspension. If the act constitutes a felony or misdemeanor, conviction thereof in a criminal proceeding is not a condition precedent to disbarment or suspension from practice therefor.

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