Section 36-2-24 – [License fraudulently obtained; revocation.]
The supreme court may revoke the license of any attorney at any time within three years after the same is granted, upon satisfactory showing that the same was obtained by false representations, fraud or deceit. History: Laws 1909, ch. 53, § 47; Code 1915, § 375; C.S. 1929, § 9-150; 1941 Comp., § 18-123; 1953 […]
Section 36-2-25 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 2, repealed 36-2-25 NMSA 1978, relating to payment of annual license fee to the board of commissioners of the state bar. For present provisions, see Rule 24-102 NMRA.
Section 36-2-26 – [Annual meetings of state bar; annual election.]
There shall be an annual meeting presided over by the president of the state bar, open to all members of the bar in good standing, and held at such time and place as the board of commissioners may designate, for the discussion of the affairs of the bar and the administration of justice. At noon […]
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 36-2-9.1 – Exclusion.
The board of bar commissioners of the state bar and the state board of bar examiners are bodies of the judicial department and are not a state agency nor their employees public employees for purposes of workmen’s compensation coverage, public employment retirement programs or social security coverage. History: Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 1.
Section 36-2-10 – [Duties of attorneys.]
It is the duty of an attorney-at-law: A. to support the constitution and the laws of the United States and of this state; B. to maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers; C. to counsel or maintain no other action, proceeding or defense than those which appear to him legal and […]
Section 36-2-11 – [Authority of attorneys.]
An attorney has authority: A. to execute in the name of his client any bond or other written instrument necessary and proper for the prosecution of an action or proceeding about to be or already commenced, or for the prosecution or defense of any right growing out of an action, proceeding or final judgment rendered […]
Section 36-2-12 – [Proof of authority; stay of proceedings.]
The court may, on motion of either party and on showing of reasonable grounds thereof, require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by his oath or otherwise the authority under which he appears and until he does so, may stay all proceedings […]
Section 36-2-13 – [Attorneys prohibited from acting as surety for clients.]
No practicing attorney shall be a surety in any action or proceeding in which he is an attorney in any of the courts in this state. History: Laws 1909, ch. 53, § 31; Code 1915, § 358; C.S. 1929, § 9-132; 1941 Comp., § 18-112; 1953 Comp., § 18-1-12. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed […]