§ 16-22-310. Liability for civil damages
(a) No person licensed to practice law in Arkansas and no partnership or corporation of Arkansas licensed attorneys or any of its employees, partners, members, officers, or shareholders shall be liable to persons not in privity of contract with the person, partnership, or corporation for civil damages resulting from acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct […]
§ 16-22-311. Reports of visits with incarcerated indigent clients
(a) (1) An attorney at law representing an indigent client who is incarcerated in any county jail, city jail, juvenile detention facility, or other facility operated by the Division of Youth Services in the State of Arkansas shall make a report of personal visits with the client. (2) The report shall be on a sign-in […]
§ 16-22-401. Grounds for removal or suspension
Any attorney who is guilty of any felony or infamous crime, of improperly retaining his client’s money, of any malpractice, deceit, or misdemeanor in his professional capacity, is an habitual drunkard, or is guilty of any ungentlemanly conduct in the practice of his profession may be removed or suspended from practice, upon charges exhibited against […]
§ 16-22-402. Venue
The charges shall be exhibited in the county in which the offense has been committed, or in which the accused may reside.
§ 16-22-210. Clerk or sheriff not to act as attorney
No clerk of any court of record in this state or sheriff, while he continues to act as such, shall under any pretense whatever act as an attorney at law in the court of which he is clerk or in the county in which he is sheriff.
§ 16-22-211. Corporations or associations — Practice of law or solicitation prohibited — Exceptions — Penalty
(a) It shall be unlawful for any corporation or voluntary association to practice or appear as an attorney at law for any person in any court in this state or before any judicial body, to make it a business to practice as an attorney at law for any person in any of the courts, to […]
§ 16-22-212. Disbarment in another state — Effects
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice law or attempt to practice law in any court in this state or to solicit business as or in any manner represent himself or herself to be an attorney at law when such a person so practicing or attempting to practice law or soliciting business […]
§ 16-22-301. Legislative intent
It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the Supreme Court, in Henry, Walden, and Davis v. Goodman, 294 Ark. 25 (1987), limited the existing Attorney’s Lien Law by allowing only a quantum meruit recovery in a case in which the attorney was dismissed by the client; […]
§ 16-22-101. Lawyer referral services
(a) It is unlawful for any person or organization to operate a lawyer referral service without prior approval of the Arkansas Supreme Court. “Lawyer referral service” means referring clients to attorneys and receiving compensation for the referral. (b) (1) Any court of competent jurisdiction may order any person or organization violating this section to cease […]
§ 16-22-102. Delinquent noncustodial parents
The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, upon reaching a cooperative agreement with the Arkansas Supreme Court, is hereby authorized to develop procedures under which the Clerk of the Supreme Court may each year furnish the Office of Child Support Enforcement with a list of […]