Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.

Section 34-3-2.1 - Certified Graduates of Certain Law Schools Authorized to Take Bar Exam. - So long as the Birmingham School of Law, Miles College...

Section 34-3-3 - Admission Fee Paid by Applicants. - Applicants for admission to the bar not required by law...

Section 34-3-4 - Disposition of Admission and License Fees. - All fees and licenses paid by applicants for admission as...

Section 34-3-5 - Effect of Default in License Payment. - No attorney who is in default in the payment of...

Section 34-3-6 - Who May Practice as Attorneys. - (a) Only such persons as are regularly licensed have authority...

Section 34-3-7 - Penalty for Practicing Law Without License or Conspiring, Aiding, or Abetting in Violation. - Any person, firm or corporation who is not a regularly...

Section 34-3-8 - Clerk or Employee Practicing Before Court. - Any person who practices law in any court in which...

Section 34-3-9 - Certain Ministerial Officers Prohibited From Practicing Law. - Any sheriff, coroner, or deputy thereof, or constable who practices...

Section 34-3-10 - Practicing Law by Register or Clerk of Circuit Court. - Any register or clerk of circuit court, who practices law...

Section 34-3-11 - Judges Not to Practice Law. - Any judge of a court of record in this state...

Section 34-3-12 - Partner of District Attorney Prohibited From Defending in Certain Cases. - Any attorney-at-law who is the law partner of any district...

Section 34-3-13 - Officers With Authority to Take Complaints and Issue Warrants Practicing as Attorneys in Their Own Court. - Any officer who has the power or authority to take...

Section 34-3-14 - Officers and Deputies Disqualified From Practicing. - The judge of any court of record, the sheriff or...

Section 34-3-15 - Attorney to Take Oath. - Every attorney-at-law before being permitted to practice shall take the...

Section 34-3-16 - Annual Meeting of the State Bar and Board of Commissioners; Election of Officers and Duties Thereof. - (a) Annual meeting. There shall be an annual meeting of...

Section 34-3-17 - Qualified Lawyers Holding Public Office Authorized to Become Members of Alabama Bar Association. - All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama...

Section 34-3-18 - Lawyers Not Engaged in Active Practice Authorized to Become Members of Alabama Bar Association. - All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama...

Section 34-3-19 - Any Person May Manage His Own Case. - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...

Section 34-3-20 - Duties of Attorneys. - It is the duty of attorneys: (1) To support the...

Section 34-3-21 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Generally. - An attorney has authority to bind his or her client,...

Section 34-3-22 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Proceedings on Appearance Without Authority. - If it is alleged by a party for whom an...

Section 34-3-23 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Proof. - The court or judge may, on motion of either party...

Section 34-3-24 - Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Generally. - Any attorney-at-law, either before or after action brought, who gives,...

Section 34-3-25 - Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Receiving Compensation From Attorney. - Any person who shall, before or after an action is...

Article 2 - Board of Commissioners.

Section 34-3-40 - Established; Composition; Terms of Office. - (a) The governing body of Alabama State Bar shall be...

Section 34-3-41 - Election of Members; Selection of At-Large Members. - (a) The members of the Board of Commissioners for each...

Section 34-3-42 - Nominations. - Nomination to the office of commissioner shall be by written...

Section 34-3-43 - Powers Generally. - (a) The Board of Commissioners shall have power: (1) To...

Section 34-3-44 - Disbursements; Compensation. - For the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this...

Article 3 - Fees and Liens.

Section 34-3-60 - Fees Paid as Part of Costs in Partition and Trust Proceedings. - In all actions and proceedings in the probate courts and...

Section 34-3-61 - Liens. - (a) Attorneys-at-law shall have a lien on all papers and...

Section 34-3-62 - Procedure When Amount of Compensation Disputed. - Whenever any disagreement or controversy arises between an attorney-at-law and...

Section 34-3-63 - Establishment and Use of Special Funds. - (a) The Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar may...

Article 4 - Disciplinary Proceedings.

Section 34-3-80 - The Board of Commissioners shall establish rules governing procedure in...

Section 34-3-81 - Approval by Court of Rules and Regulations. - The rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Commissioners...

Section 34-3-82 - Power of Subpoena. - In the investigation of charges of professional misconduct, the board...

Section 34-3-83 - Rights of Accused Member. - Any member of the bar complained of shall have notice...

Section 34-3-84 - Payment of Witnesses. - The board shall by rules provided for such purpose and...

Section 34-3-85 - Record of Proceedings. - A complete record of the proceedings and evidence taken by...

Section 34-3-86 - Causes of Removal of Attorney. - An attorney must be removed for the following causes by...

Section 34-3-87 - Other Causes of Removal or Suspension. - For the following causes an attorney may be removed or...

Section 34-3-88 - Existing Causes of Removal or Suspension and Laws Relating Thereto Cumulative. - The causes of removal or suspension of attorneys and methods...

Section 34-3-89 - Who May Initiate Proceedings. - The proceedings to remove or suspend an attorney, as provided...

Article 5 - State Bar Building Foundation.

Section 34-3-100 - Legislative Findings and Intent. - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary...

Section 34-3-101 - Application for Incorporation. - The president, the first vice-president, and the secretary of the...

Section 34-3-102 - Certificate of Incorporation. - When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as...

Section 34-3-103 - Board of Trustees and Officers. - The foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees...

Section 34-3-104 - Powers of Foundation. - The foundation shall have the following powers: (1) To have...

Section 34-3-105 - Exemptions From Taxation. - All properties of the foundation, the income therefrom, and all...

Section 34-3-106 - Parcel of Land to Be Conveyed by State to Foundation. - As promptly as practicable after the incorporation of the foundation,...

Section 34-3-107 - Disbursement of Appropriations to State Bar for Construction of Buildings. - To enable the foundation to construct a building or buildings...

Section 34-3-108 - Nonprofit and Public Nature of Foundation. - It is the intention of this article that the foundation...

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Code of Alabama Title 34 - Professions and Businesses. Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.

Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.