Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.19 · Chapter 3. Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
Conditions attached to reprovals
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Attachment of conditions to reprovals
The State Bar may attach conditions, effective for a reasonable time, to a public or private reproval administered upon a licensee of the State Bar. Conditions so attached must be based on a finding by the State Bar that protection of the public and the interests of the licensee will be served thereby. The State Bar when administering the reproval must give notice to the licensee that failure to comply with the conditions may be punishable.
(b) Sanctions for failure to comply
A licensee's failure to comply with conditions attached to a public or private reproval may be cause for a separate proceeding for willful breach of 8.1.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2019; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2019; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
Rule 9.19 amended effective January 1, 2019; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 956 effective November 18, 1983.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/nine/rule9_19
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