Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 22 - Attorneys At Law

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 16-22-101. Lawyer referral services - (a) It is unlawful for any person or organization to...

§ 16-22-102. Delinquent noncustodial parents - The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division...

Subchapter 2 - Admission and Practice

§ 16-22-201. Qualifications for admission - (a) Every citizen of the age of twenty-one (21) years,...

§ 16-22-202. Examination required — Petition - Every applicant for admission to practice law in the courts...

§ 16-22-203. Board of examiners - The Supreme Court may appoint a board of examiners from...

§ 16-22-204. Authority of Justice or judge to license - No Justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the...

§ 16-22-205. Oath - Any person admitted to practice law in this state shall...

§ 16-22-206. Entitlement to practice - No person shall be licensed or permitted to practice law...

§ 16-22-207. Register of licensed attorneys - It shall be the duty of the clerk of each...

§ 16-22-208. Barratry or maintenance — Disciplinary action by circuit and chancery courts - (a) Any person, not a member of the Bar of...

§ 16-22-209. Practicing without license — Contempt of court - Every person who shall attempt to practice law in any...

§ 16-22-210. Clerk or sheriff not to act as attorney - No clerk of any court of record in this state...

§ 16-22-211. Corporations or associations — Practice of law or solicitation prohibited — Exceptions — Penalty - (a) It shall be unlawful for any corporation or voluntary...

§ 16-22-212. Disbarment in another state — Effects - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice...

Subchapter 3 - Rights and Liabilities

§ 16-22-301. Legislative intent - It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly...

§ 16-22-302. Compensation governed by contract - The compensation of an attorney at law, solicitor, or counselor...

§ 16-22-303. Compromise or settlement without attorney's consent — Effect - (a) Any agreement, contract, or arrangement between litigants or any...

§ 16-22-304. Lien of attorney created - (a) (1) From and after service upon the adverse party...

§ 16-22-305. Unnecessary costs satisfied by attorney - If any attorney at law or other person admitted to...

§ 16-22-306. Negligence of attorney resulting in dismissal — Liability for costs and damages - If any suit in any court of record in this...

§ 16-22-307. Failure to pay over money — Judgment for money and costs — Penalized by court - If any attorney at law receiving money for his client...

§ 16-22-308. Attorney's fees in certain civil actions - In any civil action to recover on an open account,...

§ 16-22-309. Attorney's fees in actions lacking justiciable issue - (a) (1) In any civil action in which the court...

§ 16-22-310. Liability for civil damages - (a) No person licensed to practice law in Arkansas and...

§ 16-22-311. Reports of visits with incarcerated indigent clients - (a) (1) An attorney at law representing an indigent client...

Subchapter 4 - Suspension and Disbarment

§ 16-22-401. Grounds for removal or suspension - Any attorney who is guilty of any felony or infamous...

§ 16-22-402. Venue - The charges shall be exhibited in the county in which...

§ 16-22-403. Time for hearing - The court in which the charges may be exhibited shall...

§ 16-22-404. Service of citation - (a) The clerk of the court in which the charges...

§ 16-22-405. Failure to appear — Compelling appearance - If the accused fails to appear according to the command...

§ 16-22-406. Other charges — Suspension only - Upon charges other than a conviction for an indictable offense,...

§ 16-22-407. Limitation of proceedings - If the charges are for an indictable offense and no...

§ 16-22-408. Record of conviction or acquittal of offense as evidence - The record of conviction or acquittal of any indictable offense...

§ 16-22-409. Trial when offense not indictable - When the matter charged is not indictable, the trial of...

§ 16-22-410. Verification of charges - All charges exhibited under this subchapter shall be verified by...

§ 16-22-411. Judgment - (a) In all cases of conviction, the court shall pronounce...

§ 16-22-412. Conviction in another state — Effect - (a) In all cases of conviction for felony or other...

§ 16-22-413. Review by Supreme Court - In all cases of a trial of charges, the accused...

Subchapter 5 - Unauthorized Practice of Law

§ 16-22-501. Prohibited activities - (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to...