Section 36-2-31 – [Fee splitting prohibited; division of fees by attorneys excepted.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to divide with or receive from any attorney-at-law, or group of attorneys-at-law, whether practicing in this state or elsewhere, either before or after action is brought, any portion of any fee or compensation charged or received by such attorney-at-law, or any valuable consideration 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 of, or in any capacity attached to or connected with, any hospital, infirmary or other institution, public or private, which receives patients for medical or surgical treatment, to communicate, directly or indirectly, with any attorney-at-law, or any person representing such attorney, for the purpose of […]
Section 36-2-33 – [Solicitation prosecutions; prima facie evidence of agency.]
The solicitation by any person of another person to employ, or procure or bring about the employment of, any attorney-at-law for the purpose of presenting, collecting, enforcing or prosecuting such a claim for damages, if followed by the employment of said attorney for such purposes, shall, in any prosecution for violation of this act [36-2-29, […]
Section 36-2-34 – [Solicitation violation; stay of proceeding; employment of other counsel.]
In any action for personal injury brought in any court of this state, the court, upon being satisfied that the employment of counsel for any party has been solicited in violation of this act [36-2-29, 36-2-31 to 36-2-38 NMSA 1978], shall order all proceedings in the action stayed until such party has been given an […]
Section 36-2-35 – [Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.]
Any contract of employment obtained or made in violation of this act [36-2-29, 36-2-31 to 36-2-38 NMSA 1978] shall be absolutely void as to the attorney but the client may recover any compensation paid thereunder to or for or received by the attorney on account of such employment. History: 1941 Comp., § 18-133, enacted by […]
Section 36-2-27 – Practice without admission; contempt of court; foreign attorneys.
No person shall practice law in a court of this state, except a magistrate court, nor shall a person commence, conduct or defend an action or proceeding unless he has been granted a certificate of admission to the bar under the provisions of Chapter 36 NMSA 1978. No person not licensed as provided in that […]
Section 36-2-18 – [Grounds for disbarment and suspension by supreme court.]
An attorney may be disbarred or suspended by the supreme court for any of the following causes arising after his admission to practice: A. his conviction of felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude in which case the record of conviction is conclusive; B. wilful disobedience or violation of an order of the court requiring him […]
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 a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, the clerk of the court in which such conviction is had must within thirty days thereafter, transmit to the supreme court a certified copy of the record of conviction, and the supreme court upon receipt 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 any district attorney, or the father, son or brother of a district attorney, shall defend in any court any person charged with any criminal offense, or appear in any civil action against the state in which it is the duty of such district attorney to […]
Section 36-2-21 – [Judgment of disbarment.]
Upon conviction of the accused in cases arising under the first subdivision of Section 36-2-18 NMSA 1978, the judgment of the court must be that the name of the party be stricken from the roll of attorneys of the court, and that he be precluded from practicing as such attorney in all the courts of […]