New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 36 - Attorneys
Article 2 - Regulation of Attorneys

Section 36-2-1 - [Rules defining and regulating practice of law; authority of supreme court; distribution; effective date.] - The supreme court of the state of New Mexico shall,...

Section 36-2-2 to 36-2-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 2, repealed 36-2-2...

Section 36-2-9.1 - Exclusion. - The board of bar commissioners of the state bar and...

Section 36-2-10 - [Duties of attorneys.] - It is the duty of an attorney-at-law: A. to support...

Section 36-2-11 - [Authority of attorneys.] - An attorney has authority: A. to execute in the name...

Section 36-2-12 - [Proof of authority; stay of proceedings.] - The court may, on motion of either party and on...

Section 36-2-13 - [Attorneys prohibited from acting as surety for clients.] - No practicing attorney shall be a surety in any action...

Section 36-2-13.1 - Liability for court reporting costs. - A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section,...

Section 36-2-14 - [Method for changing attorney; notice.] - The attorney in any action or proceeding may be changed...

Section 36-2-15 - [Death, removal, etc., of attorney; procedure.] - When an attorney dies or is removed or suspended, or...

Section 36-2-16 - [Breach of confidence; deserting or jeopardizing client; penalty.] - Any attorney or attorneys, counselor or counselors, defender or defenders...

Section 36-2-17 - [Deceit or collusion; damages; disbarment.] - If an attorney is guilty of deceit or collusion or...

Section 36-2-18 - [Grounds for disbarment and suspension by supreme court.] - An attorney may be disbarred or suspended by the supreme...

Section 36-2-19 - [Conviction of crime; certifying copy of record to supreme court; disbarment.] - In the case of the conviction of an attorney of...

Section 36-2-20 - [Attorneys who are partners of or related to district attorney; restrictions on practice.] - No attorney-at-law, who is at the time a partner of...

Section 36-2-21 - [Judgment of disbarment.] - Upon conviction of the accused in cases arising under the...

Section 36-2-22 - [Payment of costs in disbarment proceedings.] - In all disbarment proceedings where the respondent is disbarred or...

Section 36-2-23 - [Effect of disbarment; reinstatement.] - Every judgment or order of disbarment or suspension made in...

Section 36-2-24 - [License fraudulently obtained; revocation.] - The supreme court may revoke the license of any attorney...

Section 36-2-25 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 2, repealed 36-2-25...

Section 36-2-26 - [Annual meetings of state bar; annual election.] - There shall be an annual meeting presided over by the...

Section 36-2-27 - Practice without admission; contempt of court; foreign attorneys. - No person shall practice law in a court of this...

Section 36-2-28 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1925, ch. 100, § 12; C.S. 1929, §...

Section 36-2-28.1 - Unauthorized practice of law; private remedies. - A. A person likely to be damaged by an unauthorized...

Section 36-2-28.2 - Unauthorized practice of law; action by attorney general or bar association. - A. Whenever the attorney general, the state bar of New...

Section 36-2-29 - [Direct and indirect solicitation of damage claims declared illegal.] - It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit employment...

Section 36-2-30 - [Solicitation of damage claims; injunction.] - The attorney general or the board of bar commissioners of...

Section 36-2-31 - [Fee splitting prohibited; division of fees by attorneys excepted.] - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or...

Section 36-2-32 - [Hospital or other employees; communication with attorneys concerning damage claims declared illegal.] - It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ...

Section 36-2-33 - [Solicitation prosecutions; prima facie evidence of agency.] - The solicitation by any person of another person to employ,...

Section 36-2-34 - [Solicitation violation; stay of proceeding; employment of other counsel.] - In any action for personal injury brought in any court...

Section 36-2-35 - [Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.] - Any contract of employment obtained or made in violation of...

Section 36-2-36 - [Penalty for solicitation.] - Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of...

Section 36-2-37 - [Prosecution by attorney general for solicitation.] - Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that employment...

Section 36-2-38 - [Duty to testify in action for solicitation; immunity; perjury.] - No person shall be excused from testifying in any action,...

Section 36-2-39 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Former 36-2-39 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as...

Section 36-2-40 - Criminal offender's character evaluation. - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to...