California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §6175: As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Lawyer” means a licensee of the State Bar or a person who is admitted and in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of any

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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Lawyer” means a licensee of the State Bar or a person who is admitted and in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of any United States court or the highest court of the District of Columbia or any state, territory, or insular possession of the United States, or licensed to practice law in, or is admitted in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of the highest court of, a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, and includes any agent of the lawyer or law firm or law corporation doing business in the state. (b) “Client” means a person who has, within the three years preceding the sale of financial products by a lawyer to that person, employed that lawyer for legal services. The settlor and trustee of a trust shall be considered one person. (c) “Elder” and “dependent elder” shall have the meaning as defined in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (d) “Financial products” means long-term care insurance, life insurance, and annuities governed by the Insurance Code, or its successors. (e) “Sell” means to act as a broker for a commission.

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